MANKATO, Minn. – Bail was set at $4 million for the man accused of stabbing and killing a night-shift clerk at a Kwik Trip store Tuesday in Mankato. Michael Lee Miller, age 28, was advised that he has been charged with second-degree murder, which can be punished by 40 years in prison. The stabbing was gruesome with 43 puncture wounds. It could be that Blue Earth County prosecutor Pat McDermott could ask that a grand jury be empaneled to elevate the charge to first-degree murder. In Minnesota a grand jury indictment is required for murder n he first degree.
Earlier: Store surveillance cams led to apprehension