MN GOP Candidate Suspends Campaign After Daughter's Death

St. Cloud, Minn. – The 22-year-old daughter of Minnesota Republican gubernatorial candidate Jeff Johnson was found fatally stabbed in her apartment here Saturday night, prompting Johnson to suspend his campaign for governor amid an outpouring of condolences from across the political spectrum.

Hallie Marie Tobler was discovered dead from multiple stab wounds around 8:20 p.m. in the locked apartment she shared with her husband, Dylan Michael Tobler, 23, in the 3100 block of 40th Avenue South. Officers responded to a report of a medical emergency and found Dylan Tobler suffering from life-threatening, self-inflicted injuries. He was hospitalized in stable condition and placed in police custody, officials said. Authorities believe Dylan Tobler is responsible for his wife's death and his own injuries in what is being investigated as a suspected murder-suicide.

The Stearns County attorney's office is preparing homicide-related charges against Dylan Tobler, who will be transferred to Stearns County Jail upon his release from St. Cloud Hospital. The St. Cloud Police Department is leading the probe, with assistance from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Investigators are...