Two charged with murder of Anarae Schunk, Minn. student

HASTINGS, Minn. - Prosecutors in Dakota County have charged two people in the death of a University of Minnesota student who went missing last fall.

Thirty-two-year-old Shavelle Oscar Chavez-Nelson and 24-year-old Ashley Marie Conrade were charged Friday with second-degree murder in the death of 20-year-old Anarae Schunk.

According to the charges, Schunk was stabbed to death in a Rosemount town house, and her body was found alongside a rural road.

The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports Schunk's blood was found on a saw, a plastic bin and clothing.

Schunk was last seen with Chavez-Nelson, her ex-boyfriend, and Conrade at a Burnsville bar on Sept. 22, 2013. That same night, Chavez-Nelson allegedly killed a man - Palagor Jobi - outside the bar.

Chavez-Nelson is currently in prison for Jobi's murder and has five more years to serve.

Schunk's family reported her missing on Sept. 23 and her naked body was found stabbed to death seven days later in a ditch near a corn field in Rice County.

Both Chavez-Nelson and Conrade are due in court July 11 in the case.