ST. CLOUD – A Stearns County grand jury has indicted four St. Cloud residents in the death of 25-year-old Keisa M. Lange, who was shot in the head and found on the side of a St. Cloud road in early June.
The suspects — Kenneth J. Carter, 26; DeAntae D. Davis, 23; Angela R. Jones, 33; and Alicia M. Lewis, 36 — originally were charged with one felony count of aiding and abetting second-degree murder.
The grand jury on Thursday indicted the four on multiple counts. Carter, Davis and Jones now each face four felony counts related to Lange's death, including first-degree premeditated murder, aiding and abetting first-degree premeditated murder, second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree murder. Lewis faces three felony counts: abetting first-degree murder, second-degree murder, and aiding and abetting second-degree murder.
According to court documents, the defendants took Lange to a secluded area off S. Cooper Avenue, where she was shot and left on the ground at the end of a cul-de-sac.
St. Cloud police found Lange's body about 9:30 a.m. June 3. While canvassing the area, investigators found two men who said they heard gunshots between 8:45 a.m. and 9 a.m. and saw a white, four-door sedan driving north on Cooper Avenue.
Authorities determined that Lange, whom they list as without a permanent address, had last stayed at a residence in the 1000 block of S. 5th Avenue in St. Cloud.
During the investigation, authorities discovered surveillance footage showing a white Ford Fusion entering a lot near the 5th Avenue address about 7 a.m. June 3. Another witness told police they saw Lange in the car with the four defendants at a gas station on the south side of St. Cloud about 9 a.m. June 3.
According to the charges, police found the vehicle the next day at Jones' residence in the 600 block of N. 8th Avenue.
