Man arrested after woman's death in southeastern Minnesota
A woman was "severely injured" and later died in Wabasha County Wednesday, and a man is in custody in connection with her death, authorities said.
The county sheriff's office said it got a call for medical attention in West Newton, Minnesota, around 4:45 p.m.
Melissa Hunt, the injured 36-year-old woman, later died at a hospital, the sheriff's office said.
The Olmsted County Sheriff's Office later arrested the suspect in her death, a 44-year-old Rochester man. The Wabasha County Sheriff's Office said he had a "previous relationship" with the woman.
The death remains under investigation.
West Newton is about 100 miles southeast of Minneapolis on the Minnesota-Wisconsin border.
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