A 30-year-old man suspected of stabbing his wife to death and fleeing with their two young children turned himself in to St. Paul police Saturday after a metrowide manhunt.

Sgt. David Becker of the Eden Prairie Police Department said the man, Yeveginy Savenok, is awaiting trial for a previous domestic assault.

He is being held on suspicion of stabbing his 23-year-old wife in Eden Prairie. The stabbing occurred at 10:30 a.m.Saturday in the 17000 block of Park Circle. Police say Savenok then fled with their children, a 4-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl, before turning himself in a few hours later.

Police say the woman was stabbed multiple times and was later pronounced dead at Hennepin County Medical Center. Officials have not yet released her name.

Family members say she was pregnant with her third child.

The victim was born in Valga, Estonia, relatives said, but spent most of her life in Minnesota, growing up in Eden Prairie and Chaska.