Man charged with murder in St. Cloud stabbing

Robin Russell Hanson, 22, was charged with second-degree murder
Robin Russell Hanson, 22, was charged in Stearns County District Court with second-degree murder.
Stearns County Jail

An Iowa man faces murder charges in the stabbing death of another man in St. Cloud last weekend.

Robin Russell Hanson, 22, was charged in Stearns County District Court with second-degree murder.

Police were called to a residence on Oak Grove Road in St. Cloud early Tuesday morning. Inside they found a man lying on the living room floor with a puncture wound to his chest.

The victim, 22-year-old Andre Reaves of Deloit, Iowa, later died at St. Cloud Hospital.

According to court documents, witnesses reported an argument between Hanson and Reaves before the stabbing.

Judge Kris Davick-Halfen set bail at $1 million unconditional or $400,000 with conditions. Hanson's next court hearing is Oct. 20.

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