St. Paul Woman Identified In Saturday Homicide

ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO/AP) -- The victim of a suspected murder in St. Paul over the weekend has been identified as 58-year-old Dah Dah Ray.

Police responded to a call about a house fire Saturday on the 1400 block of Payne Avenue around 10 a.m. and found Ray "gravely injured." Ray was pronounced dead at the scene and her husband, 59-year-old Dah Eh Ray, was arrested on suspicion of causing her death by stabbing.

St. Paul police and firefighters were called a domestic disturbance and a possible house fire Saturday morning. An officer saw Dah Eh Ray, apparently intoxicated, walk out of the house with blood on his face, hands, shirt and glasses.

According to the complaint, Dah Dah Ray's body was found on a bed, with a knife blade nearby. On her chest was a sheet of paper with "rest in peace" written in the Karen language.

Officers said someone also apparently had tried to start the carpet on fire.

Bail is set at $1 million. Dah Eh Ray makes his first court appearance Tuesday. He's currently being held at Ramsey County Jail on second-degree murder charges, and will make his first court appearance Tuesday.

Ray's case was the third homicide to which St. Paul Police have responded over the past week.

The investigation remains open.

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