Track a few hours before the murder of a young woman from Minnesota

On December 15, 2022, Matthew Ekar When he was led to the work, he said that he received a heroic call from his former colleague and friend Alex penigHe said that Penig told him that she joined a fight with her lover Shane Anderson and was afraid of what he could do. Therefore, Ikar took his gun, which he legally olivated, and took Penig’s St. Paul, Minnesota, apartment.

Ikar arrived around 2 pm, later he would say that the only reason for going to Penig was to protect him.

The next morning, Penig was shot in her apartment. Detectives used monitoring footage to do their last moments together.

Change

Penning and Acre went out a few times that evening and ended at the camp bar on December 16, 2022 at 12:30 pm. Anderson was in the bar. The monitoring video shows that he went to Penig and started talking to him. Acre went to both of them. Things got hot, and when Ikar stepped between Penig and Anderson, Anderson punched her. Anderson was excluded from the bar and the penig and ankara stayed for drinking and chatting for about an hour.

Matthew Ekar and Alex Pening arrive home for night

At 2:05 pm, Penig and Acker arrived at their apartment building after walking there by camp bar.

Return to lobby

At 2:24, the penig and the acar are seen back into the lobby as they exit the building. Acker later said that he was going into his car to get his headphone. Penning (painted) returned first and waited for Ekar in the vestibuel. She sees her phone.

Alex Penig lasts alive for the last time

Ecker returns two minutes after the peniger at 2:30 pm, then walks through the lobby and go back to the penig apartment. This is the last time Penig was seen alive.

St. Paul police officers reach the spot

At 2:50 pm, Akar called 911 and told that Penig shot himself in the head. St. Paul police officers ran at the apartment building and Ikar let him go inside at 2:56

Story of Matthew Acker

After leading police officers for Penig’s apartment, Ikar appeared in Palan, appeared distressed and emotional. Officer Justina Hsar approached her and started asking her what happened. His conversation, which lasted for about an hour, was captured on his body camera. Ikar told him that everything was fine between him and the penig and he had no argument. He said that he took his gun out of his backpack, returned to the bathroom and closed the door. Some time later, Akar said that he had heard a shot, so he opened the bathroom door to lie on the floor with a gun pellet wound in his left temple.

Weapon

Officers who answer are located guns. It was on the chest of Penig in which his left hand was resting on top. He said it seemed strange. An official transferred the gun to the sink (painted) to keep it in a safe position.

Remarkable evidence

Ikar had told the officials that he washed his hands after trying to help the penig, which is why his hands were clean. But the officials saw that when they arrived, the bathroom sink was dry. If Ikar had only washed his hands, the detectives believed that the sink would have been still wet.

Lack of evidence on Matthew Ekar

On December 16, 2022, Ikar was interviewed around 6:30 am. There was no blood on his body or his clothes. Later it was discovered that Acker also had no gunfire residue.

Defined evidence

While Ikar was being interviewed at the police station, the forensic unit informed the detectives that processed the scene that they had found a new piece of evidence after transferring Penig’s body. It was a metal piece of bathroom door lock, and was discovered on the floor where the penig’s head was. Detectives suspected that when Ikar opened the door, the piece of small metal landed on the bathroom floor. According to the principle of detectives, the Akar opened the bathroom door, then the penig was shot and fell over the piece. They say that this proves that the bathroom door was open before shooting Penig, and that Ikar lied to them.

Accused: Matthew Acker

On December 19, 2022, Matthew Ekar has been formally accused of killing a second degree. Ikar refused to kill Alex Penig.

Matthew Ekar’s test

On 8 February 2024, Ikar’s test begins. Eight days later, on 16 February, 2024, he is found guilty of killing a second degree.

Matthew Ekar punishment

On April 3, 2024, Ikar was sentenced to 30 years in jail.