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Rochester police arrested 23-year-old Carlos Samaniego after a verbal dispute at a party escalated into a stabbing at around 3 a.m. Sunday in an apartment on the 2000 block of 8 1/2 Street SE, and he was booked at the Olmsted County Adult Detention Center for second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon.

On Monday, Rochester Police asked for help finding 84-year-old Evelyn Costa—who has dark brown hair, is very petite, and was last seen in a gray sweatsuit at the Kahler Grand Hotel around 5 p.m. and near Central Park at 7:30 p.m.—with anyone having information urged to call Dispatch at 507-328-6800.

Simona Montiel Vera is accused of driving drunk at over 100 mph in the wrong direction for 13 miles on Highway 52 on September 14, causing a car crash that killed Rochester woman Larae Lynne Post and injured a 25-year-old driver, and she now faces 11 felony charges including vehicular homicide, vehicular operation, and fleeing police—charges filed by Goodhue County Court after a deputy chased her.

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