A St. Cloud man has admitted to killing his pregnant girlfriend and the couple’s unborn child, telling a judge he stabbed her multiple times during an argument last fall.
Saleebaan Mohamed Abdirisaaq, 26, pleaded guilty Monday and is now set for sentencing on November 25, 2026. The case has rattled St. Cloud, not only because of the sheer violence involved, but also because the victim was several months pregnant at the time of the attack.
According to Willmar Radio, Abdirisaaq pleaded guilty to second-degree intentional murder and to second-degree felony murder of an unborn child. Prosecutors told the court he admitted stabbing the woman multiple times during an argument, and the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office released additional details to reporters after the hearing.
What Prosecutors Say Happened
Police were first called to the case on September 23, 2025, when officers responded to a 911 hang-up at an apartment in the 1000 block of East St. Germain Street, according to St. Cloud Live.
When officers arrived, they found 24-year-old Falus Ali suffering from multiple stab wounds. Court documents and hospital staff later told investigators that Ali was about 17 weeks pregnant and that her unborn child did not survive. The criminal complaint states Ali had been stabbed 34 times.
History Of Threats And Court Orders
The killing did not come out of nowhere. Previous reports and victim-advocacy memorials indicate Abdirisaaq had earlier been accused of taking Ali hostage and making violent threats, and that a Domestic Abuse No Contact Order had been put in place. He was later convicted of violating that order, according to Violence Free Minnesota, a statewide advocacy group that documented the case as part of its annual remembrance project.
Those past incidents were later referenced in court filings as the murder case moved through the system last year, providing context for what prosecutors described as a pattern of escalating violence.
Legal Next Steps
Abdirisaaq is scheduled to be sentenced on November 25, 2026, the Willmar Radio report notes.
Under Minnesota law, second-degree murder and second-degree murder of an unborn child each carry a statutory maximum sentence of up to 40 years. When the time comes to impose a sentence, the judge will look to the state’s sentencing guidelines as outlined in Minnesota statutes and in the unborn-child statute, which set the framework for how severe cases like this are handled in Minnesota courts.
