Kou Yang, a 50-year-old man from Saint Paul, Minnesota, was reported missing on July 22, 2021, after family had not seen him since early July. His ex-wife, 40-year-old Karina See Her, who continued to live with him after their recent divorce, gave conflicting accounts about when he left and whether he had gone to Oklahoma. Concern increased when Her’s 17-year-old daughter told police she believed her mother had killed her stepfather; the daughter said she returned home on July 2 to find a security camera removed and a newly dug hole in the backyard covered by a tarp, later built over by a shed. A neighbor reported a foul odor from the garden area for about a week after July 5, and a 12-year-old daughter said her mother took a long object into the woods in a bag on a trip to Taylors Falls and did not return with it.

A search warrant produced a cadaver dog response at the shed; investigators found blood spatter inside the house and, on July 31, excavated beneath the shed and recovered Yang’s body wrapped in material. The autopsy found two gunshot wounds to the back of the head and ruled the death a homicide.

Does anyone have information about Kou Yang’s movements in early July 2021 or the Kennard Street property?