Jaelyn Walker (contribution)

MOORHEAD (KFGO) – Moorhead Police say 14-year-old Jaelyn Walker of Moorhead was the victim of a homicide early Tuesday morning.

Walker was reported missing Monday evening and her body was found near the river in the area of ​​Elm Street and 6th Avenue S. According to a preliminary autopsy report, Walker died from multiple stab wounds.

Isaac Arndt, 18, of Fargo, was arrested Tuesday for her murder.

According to prosecutors, Arndt came to the Clay County Law Enforcement Center late Monday night to report an assault. He told police he was with Walker in Gooseberry Park when he was attacked by a man.

During the conversation with investigators, he admitted that he and the victim had recently ended a romantic relationship.

Arndt said he and Walker got into an argument. He said Walker started hitting and kicking him. He pulled a knife out of his pocket and began stabbing Walker, stabbing her about 13 times.

Arndt told investigators he stabbed Walker several times, then slit her throat, hugged her, stabbed her again in the back and dragged her body to the river before fleeing.

Arndt said he went to his Fargo apartment, where he washed and cleaned his blood-stained clothes. A search warrant was executed and officers found socks and a towel with red stains in a kitchen cabinet.

Investigators continue to ask the public for help in locating a Samsung Galaxy phone in an orange phone case believed to be in the Jefferson or Carl Ben Eielson School neighborhood in Fargo.

Anyone with information should call the Red River Regional Operations Center.