Another court hearing Friday for a Prior Lake man charged with homicide in a stabbing attack on the Apple River.
52-year old Nickolai Miu is accused of killing 17-year old Isaac Schuman of Stillwater during a July altercation while tubing on the river. Authorities say Miu stabbed five people in all.
St. Croix County Sheriff's Lieutenant Brandi Hart testified about the gruesome scene law enforcement came upon that day
“The scene we came on was pretty chaotic,” says Hart. “Victim one is being attended to by another individual. Victim two is clutching his abdomen and his intestines are out, and the river water is red.”
Miu appeared in-person, handcuffed and in an orange jumpsuit. The judge determined there is enough evidence in the case to bring it to trial.
The group was tubing on the river when the attack happened and the motive behind the stabbings is still not clear. Miu’s lawyer shared in early August that he wasn't at the river looking for trouble.
"Mr. Miu was, according to the allegations, there with his wife and some friends," his attorney said. "They were floating down the river, and he was momentarily separated from them for the purpose of looking for a lost cell phone."
Miu's attorney went on to say that the alleged attack was not premeditated but instead a chance encounter.
A criminal complaint describes a video of an escalating confrontation between Miu and a group of young people, where Miu allegedly pulls a knife out of his pocket and begins lashing out.
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