Rochester Triple Murder Suspect Pleads Guilty
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - A Rochester man today entered guilty pleas to three counts of second-degree murder.
30-year-old Renard Carter was accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend and her young daughter at their apartment in Rochester last fall. Several hours after the victims were found inside the residence on September 13th, Carter was captured in South Carolina, where he was shot and wounded by a police officer when he emerged from an apartment holding a BB gun.
The criminal complaint alleged he strangled 23-year-old Kiona Foote, which also resulted in the death of her unborn child, and also strangled her two-year-old daughter Miyona Miller. Afterward, Carter posted videos on social media that showed him committing one of the slayings.
Rochester man charged with killing of pregnant woman, toddler, pleads guilty
Renard Carter pleaded guilty Thursday in Olmsted County District Court to two charges of second-degree murder and second-degree murder of an unborn child. 4:39 pm, Jul. 15, 2021 ×
Renard Carter
Just feet away from the man who admitted to killing them, the smiling faces of Keona Sade Foote, 23, and her daughter, 2-year-old Miyona Zayla Lee-Miller, looked up at Foote s mother from a larger-than-life-sized photo.
On Thursday, 30-year-old Renard Carter pleaded guilty in Olmsted County District Court to second-degree murder, second-degree murder with intent, and second-degree murder of an unborn child.
Foote and Miyona were found dead on Sept. 13, 2020, in their home at Olympik Village Apartments, at 402 31st St. NE in Rochester.
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Renard Carter/Olmsted County Adult Detention Center
Arrested in South Carolina in September 2020.
Posted: Apr 22, 2021 4:48 PM
Posted By: Mike Bunge
ROCHESTER, Minn. – A man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend and her two-year-old daughter is pleading not guilty.
Renard Lydell Carter, 30 of Rochester, is charged with two counts of second-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder of an unborn child. He was arrested in September 2020 after Rochester police said Carter killed the pregnant Keona Foote, 23, and her daughter Miyona Miller. Their bodies were found at Olympik Village Apartments.
Authorities say Carter fled to South Carolina after the slayings and was arrested there after threatening to kill police officers while streaming events live on Facebook.