Man Charged With Stabbing Girlfriend, Dumping Body in Bloomington Dumpster
Police have identified the man suspected of stabbing his girlfriend in Bloomington earlier this week, putting her body in a dumpster and leading officers on a pursuit into south Minneapolis with their child in the vehicle.
Nasri Ahmed Abdilahi, 23, is currently being held at the Hennepin County Jail and on Wednesday was formally charged with intentional 2nd-degree murder and one count of fleeing a peace officer.
Abdilahi is scheduled to make his first appearance Thursday.
According to the criminal complaint, on Monday at around 9:45 a.m., Bloomington police went to Nicollet Court Apartments after a report of a female body being dragged and thrown in a dumpster.
When they arrived, multiple witnesses directed police to the dumpster, where they found a trail of blood leading up to it. The deceased woman was found inside, with blunt force injuries to her face and upper body, the complaint said.
A medical examiner also later found that the woman had stab wounds to the neck. She has not yet been identified by the medical examiner’s office.
A witness and resident of the apartment complex spoke to officers and told them she saw Abdilahi from out her window, dragging a body through the parking lot and dropping the body into the dumpster. She also pointed out Abdilahi in his vehicle as he drove by to officers, the complaint said.
Other witnesses who handle maintenance for the building said they heard a loud “thud” and another witness screaming about the victim being dragged to the dumpster. Others also told police that around 9 a.m., screams from the victim could be heard, but no one saw anything when they looked out from their apartments, the complaint said.
Officers eventually followed the blood trail and drag marks from the dumpster to the victim’s apartment, where they found a substantial amount of blood and knife laying in a pool of blood.
While at the apartment complex, Abdilahi drove by police in his vehicle. They attempted to stop him, but he drove away after slamming into a marked police car that was situated at the entrance of the complex. He proceeded to lead police on a high-speed chase which ended in south Minneapolis.
When officers apprehended Abdilahi, they found him covered in blood, with his and the victim’s young child inside the vehicle. The child was physically unharmed during the incident, authorities said.