Trial Date Set for Man Suspected of Stabbing Woman to Death
Thomas J. Fox, 44, was accused of murdering a 39-year-old Oakdale woman last year.
A man accused of murdering a 39-year-old Oakdale woman last year will go on trial in March. Thomas J. Fox, 44, was indicted with the murder of Oakdale resident Lori C. Baker in April. He was charged with first-degree premeditated murder and first-degree intentional murder during the course of an aggravated robbery. Baker was found dead in her Oakdale Village apartment by the family she nannied for after she did not show up for work on Dec. 28. Her employer found Baker under a blanket surrounded by blood and Baker had apparently been stabbed to death, according to a report by the Oakdale-Lake Elmo Review. Baker's 2009 Mazda was missing from her apartment, which led authorities to Fox after finding the car and checking its registration. Fox …
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Patty Busse
5:51 pm on Friday, April 20, 2012
There's some great reporting on this case in the Star Tribune: http://bit.ly/Jp4khd. more ›