18-year-old charged with killing boss in Shakopee

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A body was found in Shakopee on Oct. 4 and now a man has been charged with murder.

SHAKOPEE, Minn. — Police have made an arrest after a body was found earlier this month in Shakopee.

According to the criminal complaint, officers were called to Wilkie Park on Oct. 4 around 7 p.m. on reports of a man who wasn't breathing found in weeds off a trail. When officers arrived, they found multiple shell casings and the deceased man with a "substantial" amount of blood on his face.

When officers went to the victim's apartment, court documents say they learned he owned a landscaping business and often had an employee, identified as Emilio Vallajo Ortiz, 18, over. When officers spoke to the victim's sister, she reportedly told them she suspected Ortiz, adding she believed the two were romant...

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