St. Cloud Woman Charged In Dad's Murder Extradited Back To Minnesota

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — A central Minnesota woman has been extradited from Kentucky to face charges she fatally bludgeoned her father with an axe-like tool.

Thirty-eight-year-old Lisa May Kearney was booked into the Stearns County Jail on Wednesday. The county attorney's office says Kearney is scheduled to make her first court appearance Thursday.

Kearney is charged with second-degree murder. She was arrested in Louisville, Kentucky, Jan. 6, two days after police found the body of Jeffrey Schilling in the St. Cloud home he shared with Kearney.

A criminal complaint says the 66-year-old father died of head injuries, apparently inflicted with a short-handled maul found nearby. The complaint says a neighbor and law enforcement confirmed a strained relationship existed between Kearney and her father.

Online court records do not list a defense attorney for Kearney.

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