What started as an investigation into a stabbing incident on Sunday March 5, turned into murder charges against a Sioux Falls man after the victim died from his injuries.
Captain Jason Gearman of the Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office says the stepfather of an 18-month-old boy has been arrested and charged in the child's death in Dell Rapids.
Sisseton Police responded to a call of an unresponsive woman Sunday October 2, at 5:45 AM and a medical examiner ruled the death suspicious the following day.
The body of five year old Alayna Jeanne Ertl was discovered the same day an amber alert was issued for the missing Watkins, Minnesota girl on Saturday August 20, 2016.