Wisconsin Quadruple Homicide Victims Were Killed in Saint Paul; SPPD Takes Investigation
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The Saint Paul Police Department is now taking the lead role in investigation of four gunshot victims found dead in an SUV in rural Wisconsin earlier this month after information revealed that the murders occurred in Saint Paul.
The department said today that its homicide investigators are taking the lead in the investigation into the deaths of Jasmine Christine Sturm, Matthew Isiah Pettus, Nitosha Lee Flug-Presley and Loyace Foreman III. Details on where or when the murders took place has not yet been released.
The four were found by a farmer in a cornfield just outside of the town of Sheridan on Sunday, Sept. 12, and the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department originally took the lead in the investigation. But after gathering evidence and information about what happened before and after the bodies were discovered, investigators determined the killings occurred in Minnesota, SPPD said in a news release.
On Wednesday, Sept. 15, Saint Paul police officers arrested Darren McWright, who also goes by the last name Osborne, in connection to the deaths. He’s currently being held in the Ramsey County Law Enforcement Center on several outstanding warrants, including at least one out of Dunn County. On Friday, Sept. 17, Antoine D. Suggs turned himself in to Gilbert, Ariz., police after investigators announced he was wanted for questioning. He remains in jail in Arizona, awaiting extradition.
“I’m proud of the work our investigators have put into the case—sleepless nights, days upon days at work, going home only to tuck their kids into bed and then returning to the office. I’m confident their dedication and unrelenting commitment to seeking justice for these four lost lives will soon provide the answers their loved ones so desperately seek,” Saint Paul Chief of Police Todd Axtell said.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, FBI and ATF are also working with the SPPD on the case.
Investigators ask anyone with information to call them at 651-266-5650.
These are the 24th, 25th, 26th and 27th homicides of the year in the city.