An 18-year-old Minnesota man named Connor Michael Iversen is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Already sitting behind bars for an unrelated violent felony, the teen is now facing yet another serious charge, vehicular homicide, tied to a heartbreaking crash in February that left an 11-year-old girl dead. And if you think this sounds like the plot of some grim true crime documentary, you’re not wrong.
According to court documents, Iversen was already in custody for a stabbing incident that happened in March. But just days before that alleged altercation, he was driving his GMC Sierra pickup through a Minnesota intersection when tragedy struck. Prosecutors say he blew right through a stop sign, plowing into an SUV packed with members of the Loycano family. The impact was devastating. 11-year-old Lilyana Loycano suffered critical injuries and passed away after several days on life support.
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty didn’t mince words when announcing the new charge. She reminded the public that Lilyana “should still be with her family” and called the crash a sobering example of how dangerous driving can destroy lives in an instant. And based on what’s in the probable cause affidavit, this wasn’t just a simple case of bad luck on the road. Investigators believe Iversen ignored multiple warning signs before the stop sign and was speeding at 63 mph in a 50 mph zone. Oh, and he may have been on his phone at the time, per Law and Crime.
Minnesota Teen Adds To Troubling Rap Sheet After Heartbreaking Accident
Sadly, this isn’t Iversen’s first run-in with reckless driving. Records show that in December 2024, police tried to pull him over for passing illegally, driving on the shoulder, and nearly rear-ending other cars. Instead of stopping, he allegedly floored it, reaching speeds of up to 100 mph before crashing and attempting to run away on foot. When officers caught up with him, he allegedly admitted that he “gets too crazy” when he drives and revealed that the car he was in, his mother’s Chevy Impala, was the third vehicle he had wrecked. Not exactly the kind of confession that works in your favor in court.
With three separate felony cases now hanging over his head, Iversen is quickly stacking up the kind of criminal history most people only see in crime TV shows. As of now, he’s being held in Hennepin County on $150,000 bond for the vehicular homicide charge, with his next court date scheduled for September 8. One online commentator put it bluntly, saying, “Something must be done.”
While the justice system will have its say, the emotional toll of this case is already immeasurable. A Minnesota family is grieving the loss of a young girl whose life was cut far too short, and a community is left questioning how many warning signs can be ignored before tragedy strikes. Whether this case ends in a long prison sentence, a plea deal, or something else entirely, one thing is certain: the ripple effects of what happened that February morning will be felt in Minnesota for a very long time.
Hunter Spears 
Kenna Raye 
