We Remember 2026
We Remember is a memorial to Minnesota’s victims of intimate partner homicide. Each of these victims is someone’s child, parent, sibling, family member, intimate partner, friend, neighbor, or co-worker.
Skylar Kathleen Kiehl
Age 19
Hopkins
January 3, 2026
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Skylar Kathleen Kiehl, 19, was shot and killed inside her apartment in Hopkins on January 3, 2026. Skylar’s boyfriend, Krystofer Brooks, 20, is charged with second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter. Skylar and Brooks had been dating for two years.​
On the afternoon of January 3, Brooks called 911 and reported he
had shot his girlfriend in the head. Officers arrived and found Skylar on the bed with a gunshot wound through her eye. Brooks claimed that after pointing the gun at the window and pulling the trigger a few times, he turned toward Skylar and pulled the trigger again “to be sure it was unloaded.” He claimed Skylar sat up right as this happened, and the gun then went off. Brooks made several conflicting statements to police, which, combined with the position of Skylar’s body and the location of the blood in the room, led investigators to become suspicious of his account.​
Skylar Kathleen Kiehl is remembered as “happy” and “a beautiful light.” Loved ones described her as “bubbly, kindhearted, funny and just a ray of sunshine.”
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