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Husband Charged With Killing Wife 11 Years Later: Officials
A St. Paul, Minnesota, man is facing murder charges about a decade after he claimed that his wife was killed by a home intruder.
Nicholas James Firkus, 38, was arrested Thursday and now faces second-degree intentional murder in the death of his wife, Heidi Firkus, who was shot and killed in April 2010, officials said in an arrest warrant that was unsealed Thursday. The warrant said Nicholas Firkus had allegedly told police an intruder broke into their home, the intruder grabbed their shotgun, and shot them both killing his wife and injuring him.
“Thirty-eight seconds into the call, as Heidi was giving dispatch her address, a noise similar to a gunshot was heard, Heidi stopped speaking, and the call went dead,” said the warrant, according to news reports. “Before the gunshot, there is no significant background noise on the call, nor does Heidi say anything that would suggest that an intruder had actually entered the
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Josh Skluzacek Created: May 20, 2021 10:18 AM
The husband of a woman killed in St. Paul in 2010 has been charged with murder in connection to her death.
Nicholas James Firkus, 38, is charged with one count of second-degree murder in the death of Heidi Firkus. Today, we re one step closer to getting justice for Heidi, St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell said during a press conference Thursday morning.
Nicholas James Firkus was interviewed and booked into Ramsey County Jail on suspicion of murder.
Ramsey County Sheriff s Office
Axtell credited Sgt. Nicki Sipes for her fresh perspective on the case when she started looking at it 18 months ago. The chief said Sgt. Sipes determination, along with help from the FBI and Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, helped lead to this point in the case.