A grisly interaction between a rideshare driver and a passenger is just one of many clues that Minnesota authorities will use to prosecute an early-morning knife attack in Minneapolis that left one man dead and a teenage boy seriously injured, according to police and court records.
The encounter, during which the passenger, Jonathon Michael Kaupa, 31, allegedly told the driver his phone was covered in “fish guts,” happened on the morning of Jan. 10, 2026. The driver also noticed he was carrying a bag containing a rope and what appeared to be blood-soaked clothing. Alarmed by his behavior and appearance, the driver alerted the police after the ride concluded, providing a critical link between the suspect and the crime scene, per local news outlet KSTP.
