UPDATE: Motion filed for arrest warrant of suspect in drug homicide
Timothy Loftus / Olmsted County ADC
(ABC 6 News) — Prosecutors have filed a motion for an arrest warrant of a suspect in a 3rd-degree murder that took place in 2022.
Timothy Daniel Loftus, 43, was charged with 3rd-degree murder–sell/distribute/give controlled substance, as well as interference with a dead body after allegedly giving 28-year-old Tia Arleth fentanyl, causing her fatal overdose.
Loftus was given permission to leave the Olmsted County Adult Detention Center for a drug facility in December of 2023, but in March 2025, Dodge and Olmsted Community Corrections learned he had left the facility.
Court documents state he tested positive for methamphetamine on March 7.
Now, prosecutors are moving the court to revoke his release.
Loftus is scheduled to appear for a pretrial hearing April 15, followed by a jury trial April 22.
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(ABC 6 News) – The suspect in a 3rd-degree murder case was taken back into Olmsted County custody after leaving a chemical dependency treatment center, then allegedly testing positive for drugs.
Timothy Daniel Loftus, 43, was charged with 3rd-degree murder–sell/distribute/give controlled substance, as well as interference with a dead body after allegedly giving 28-year-old Tia Arleth fentanyl, causing her fatal overdose.
Loftus allegedly hid Arleth’s body in a trailer near his house, then transported her to the Haverhill Township field where she was found in 2022.
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Loftus got permission to leave the Olmsted County Adult Detention Center for a drug treatment facility in December of 2023.
According to court documents filed Friday, March 7, Dodge and Olmsted Community Corrections learned March 6 that Loftus had exited treatment and returned to Rochester.
On March 7, Loftus allegedly tested positive for methamphetamine.
His release was immediately revoked.
Loftus is scheduled to appear for a pretrial hearing April 15, followed by a jury trial April 22.