The Star Tribune reports that 20-year-old Monalisa Perez pleaded guilty last week to second-degree manslaughter in the June death of 22-year-old Pedro Ruiz III. Court records say Perez told ...

spent considerable time persuading Monalisa Perez to fire a bullet at his chest. There would be a hardcover encyclopedia between the muzzle and his body, authorities say the 22-year-old told Perez.

TEA, S.D. — Monalisa Perez and her fiancé Tyler Blake both have pain in their pasts, but they’ve found healing through creativity and a clothing brand they created called Wake. Growing up ...

Monalisa Perez, 19, was charged Wednesday in the shooting death of her boyfriend, Pedro Ruiz III, 22. According to a criminal complaint, Perez said Ruiz wanted to make a prank YouTube video of ...

Monalisa Perez of Halstad, Minnesota, shot her boyfriend through a book he was holding to his chest for a stunt the couple intended to upload to YouTube. Ms Perez said they did not believe the ...

Monalisa Perez, of Halstad, was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter in the death of Pedro Ruiz III. Perez, who is pregnant, was released on $7,000 bail. The charge carries a maximum ...

Earlier this year, a pregnant Monalisa Perez, 20, was jailed after shooting her boyfriend Pedro Ruiz at short range. The entire incident was filmed as the pair was recording for their YouTube ...

Monalisa Perez accepted a plea deal months ago that allows her to serve her 180-day sentence over 3 years Chris Harris has been a senior true crime reporter for PEOPLE since late 2015. An award ...

Perez moved to South Dakota after the shooting and her plea deal will allow her to serve her prison sentence in 10-day increments in that state. In court, Ruiz’ aunt Paulita Ruiz told Perez, “You took ...

The Norman County prosecutor also released portions of the video Pedro Ruiz III took with his girlfriend, Monalisa Perez, at their home in Halstad last year. Ruiz, 22, shows off the .50-caliber ...

MonaLisa Perez, 19, was arrested Monday night after she fatally shot her boyfriend, 22-year-old Pedro Ruiz, in the chest while they were making a YouTube video at the couple’s house in Norman ...

TEA, S.D. — Monalisa Perez and her fiancé, Tyler Blake, both have pain in their pasts, but they’ve found healing through creativity and a clothing brand they created called Wake. Growing up ...