Vance Boelter, charged with killing top Democrat and her husband and wounding two others, to be arraigned in federal court
The man charged with killing the top Democrat in the Minnesota house and her husband, and wounding a state senator and his wife, is expected to plead not guilty when he’s arraigned in federal court on Thursday, his attorney said.
Vance Boelter, 58, of Green Isle, Minnesota, was indicted on 15 July on six counts of murder, stalking and firearms violations. The murder charges could carry the federal death penalty, though prosecutors say that decision is several months away.
As they announced the indictment, prosecutors released a rambling handwritten letter they say Boelter wrote to the FBI director, Kash Patel, in which he confessed to the 14 June shootings of Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark.
However, the letter doesn’t make clear why he targeted the Hortmans or state senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who survived.
