Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Prosecutors say McWright has denied knowing there were bodies in the car that he allegedly helped hide in a cornfield in western Wisconsin. The SUV then headed toward Shepard Road, but returned to Seventh Street and headed east. Suggs is being held in Arizona. Authorities said all four had gunshot wounds to the head. Surveillance footage clearly shows Flug-Presley "slumped over" in the front passenger seat, which investigators say was the same way she was found in the vehicle in Wisconsin. Crime & Public Safety | Antoine Suggs is charged with four counts of second-degree murder. IE 11 is not supported. I dont see why Im here, he told the court. Antoine Darnique Suggs, 38, was arrested in Gilbert, Arizona on Friday, ending a five-day manhunt. About 12 minutes later, authorities found a black SUV with Minnesota license plates that was parked in a field of tall cornstalks. Copyright 2021 WEAU. After he shot four people inside an SUV, authorities say Antoine Darnique Suggs drove around St. Paul for hours, stopped to talk with his mother, got gas and a drink, and asked his father to follow him to Wisconsin where he dumped the vehicle in a cornfield. A message left with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office was not immediately returned. The Wisconsin criminal complaint against McWright details how Flug-Presleys aunt told authorities that her niece had a thing with Suggs and that he would travel from Arizona to spend time with her. Darren Suggs explained that the Nissan is his mothers and that she lets Antoine use it when he is in town. A complaint filed Thursday against McWright, whos Three hours later, the Mercedes-Benz SUV was seen in a surveillance video in St. Paul being closely followed by a Nissan Rogue, which was later determined to be Suggs's mother's vehicle. While at the Port Huron Times Herald in Michigan, she covered the environment and several suburbs, and she was a columnist. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Suggs was charged with four counts of hiding a corpse in Dunn County three days later. This is when police believe Suggs shot the four. Last week, Dunn County authorities charged Suggs with four counts of hiding a corpse. Suggs, 39, of Scottsdale, Ariz., faces four counts of second-degree murder with intent in connection with the Sept. 12, 2021, killings of Jasmine Christine Sturm, 30, of St. Paul; her brother, Matthew Isiah Pettus, 26, of St. Paul; her boyfriend, Loyace Foreman III, 35, of St. Paul, and her lifelong friend, Nitosha Lee Flug-Presley, 30, of Stillwater. Boom, boom boom, boom.. Suggs told his father that he snapped and shot a couple of people, is all the criminal complaint offers as a motive for the quadruple homicide. Suggs turned himself in to Gilbert, Arizona, police last week after investigators announced he was wanted for questioning. He says he followed his son as they drove around St. Paul to various gas stations. "I am excited that he is arrested because it could have been somebody else's family that was going to pay a price for his devilish deeds," he said. Suggs, who had flown back to his residence in Arizona, turned himself in to authorities. Antoine Suggs, 39, is charged with four counts of second-degree murder after an SUV with four bodies was found in a Wisconsin cornfield in September 2021. Prosecutors allege Suggs killed the four friends between 3:30 a.m. and 3:48 a.m. on Sept. 12 along West Seventh Street in St. Paul, according to a copy of the criminal complaint obtained by The Washington Post. Police were able to identify Suggs in surveillance video because he wasn't wearing a mask. Scheffler said he had cupped his hands to look into the tinted windows of the vehicle, soon realizing bodies were inside. Investigators found blood in the gas station parking lot where the SUV had stopped, the complaint said. The trial of a man suspected of killing four people in St. Paul before leaving their bodies in a SUV in a Wisconsin cornfield began Thursday with graphic evidence and family members' tears. Surveillance video also showed a Nissan and a Mercedes-Benz pulling up together at a gas station 10 miles away from where the bodies were found in Wisconsin. Charges say Suggs told his father that "he snapped and shot a couple of people." Prosecutors allege that McWright also stood outside the vehicles open passenger window as it was parked at a gas station. For the Pioneer Press, she has covered the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners, the northern Ramsey County suburbs, and weekend breaking news. The Associated Press contributed to this report. 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The Wisconsin criminal complaint against McWright said Flug-Presleys aunt told authorities that her niece had a thing with Suggs and he would fly in from Arizona to see her. 2021 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Suggs' father, 56-year-old Darren McWright, who also goes by the last name Osborne, has been charged in Wisconsin with four counts of hiding a corpse. 3:48 a.m. Surveillance video shows the Mercedes drive west on Seventh Street toward the McDonalds near Madison Street. We are greatly relieved that the police investigation has yielded enough information to bring forward criminal charges today in this very disturbing case, he said. The criminal complaint against Suggs does not mention a motive for the shootings, and Johnson did not give one in his opening statement. Suggs then called his father and showed up where his father was staying at about 5 a.m. Suggs father told authorities that Suggs snapped and shot a couple of people. Suggs then drove the SUV from St. Paul to Wisconsin, and Suggs father followed him. Antoine Suggs, 38, of Scottsdale, Arizona, faces four counts of second-degree intentional murder, without premeditation. bodies were found in an SUV in a corn field, Suggs killed the four victims in the area of Seventh Street in St. Paul, Osbourne was arrested and agreed to speak to investigators, Suggs turned himself in on Sept. 17 in Gilbert, Arizona, Four people found dead in western Wisconsin were killed in St. Paul, Second Dunn County quadruple homicide suspect in custody, Suspect arrested in Dunn County quadruple homicide investigation; another suspect at-large, Father of Dunn County quadruple homicide victim calls for justice at Wednesday night vigil, Dunn County homicide investigation: 4 people killed, no known motive, Four people found dead in northern Dunn County; homicide investigation underway. They left in the SUV. Prosecutors allege he told his father he snapped and shot a couple of people.. The Gilbert Police Department said Suggs was taken to the Maricopa County jail on Friday. The Ramsey County Sheriff's Office says 38-year-old Suggs, from Scottsdale, Arizona, faces four counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of St. Paul residents 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. Public records show that Suggs had been living recently in Scottsdale, Arizona, where hes listed as the manager and owner of Darnque Apparel. The city's First Ward is still in limbo after convention delegates walked out. The fugitive Antoine D. Suggs, wanted for questioning in the quadruple murder discovered Sunday in a western Wisconsin cornfield, has been arrested in Arizona, the Dunn County Sheriff's Office reported. The employee later identified the man in a photo lineup as Suggs. Copyright 2021 All were dead. Police Chief Brian O'Hara called the fires an attempt to inflict terror on our Muslim community. 5:00 a.m. Suggs meets up with Osborne. Presley, who had grown concerned when his daughter did not return text messages or voice mails, said he was notified early on Sept. 13 that four bodies had been found in an abandoned vehicle in Wisconsin. At 2:18 p.m., the Dunn County Sheriffs Office received a 911 call from a farmer in the area about people in a vehicle that were not moving, Bygd said. Video surveillance also captured the passenger side of the Mercedes and it appears to show Flug-Presley slumped over in the seat, Johnson said. / CBS Minnesota. Kyeland Jackson is the St. Paul public safety reporter for the Star Tribune. I really and fully appreciate the gravity it is for all of you and how hard it is for you to see what youre seeing, Harris said after the break. The SUV and Suggs returned to the area shortly before 3 a.m. Investigators believe that Suggs killed the four victims in St. Paul, sometime between 3:30 a.m. and 3:48 a.m. Six spent shell casings and Suggs bloody drivers license were found in the vehicle. Video surveillance captures the passenger side and it appears Flug-Presley is slumped over in the seat. Video surveillance showed that both vehicles pulled into the parking lot of a gas station in Wheeler, Wis. around 12:08 p.m. The SUV and Suggs returned to the area shortly before 3 a.m. Investigators believe that Suggs killed the four victims in St. Paul, sometime between 3:30 a.m. and 3:48 a.m. Six spent shell casings and Suggs' bloody driver's license were found in the vehicle. Forensic examinations of Flug-Presley's phone and Matthew Pettus' phone showed that both were in communication with Suggs, who also went by the nickname Tweezy. After following Suggs to Wisconsin, Osborne dropped him off in Minneapolis. But surveillance video from a gas station in Wheeler, Wisconsin - about 10 miles from the cornfield - shows that Suggs' father handed something to the driver of the SUV. September 22, 2021 / 4:00 AM Autopsies show they all died of gunshot wounds. Surveillance video from a western Wisconsin gas station hours later showed the car at a pump with one victim slumped over in the front passenger seat, which matches surveillance footage from earlier in the morning in St. Paul roughly 70 miles away. Investigators found blood in the gas station parking lot where the SUV had stopped, the complaint said. Our hearts go out to the families and friends of the victims. Authorities said all four had gunshot wounds to the head. A sheriff's deputy went to the Bridgestop gas station in Wheeler to view surveillance video and saw images of a Black man in a "I am black history" shirt pull up to the station in a black Nissan Rogue. Suggs, 38, was charged Tuesday in Ramsey County District Court with four counts of second-degree murder with intent in the fatal shooting deaths of siblings Jasmine Christine Sturm, 30, and Matthew Isiah Pettus, 26, both of St. Paul; and friends Nitosha Lee Flug-Presley, 30, of Stillwater; and Loyace Foreman III, 35, of St. Paul. 9:48 a.m. Video from the Holiday gas station at 281 N. Snelling Ave. shows the Mercedes at a gas pump. The first thing I said was, Wisconsin? Police are still uncertain what caused Suggs to allegedly kill the four people he had been hanging out with that early Sunday morning. Red Wing woman sentenced to 27 years for abandoning newborn in Mississippi River in 2003 Public media is independent, community-supported media for the public good. A warrant was issued for his arrest. Suggs was in the area of his fathers home when he placed the call which went unanswered. A witness identified Suggs as a man seen in the White Squirrel with some in the group, according to the criminal complaint. The Cultural Landscape Foundation confirmed the course's addition to the list. Osborne said he then went with his son to drop off the SUV with the bodies in tow in Wisconsin, and later dropped Suggs off in Minneapolis. Judge Harris said he would be appointed an attorney in order to continue his testimony throughout the trial. But surveillance video from a gas station in Wheeler, Wisconsin about 10 miles from the cornfield shows that Suggs father handed something to the driver of the SUV. The Ramsey County Sheriff's Office says 38-year-old Suggs, from Scottsdale, Arizona, faces four counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of St. Paul residents Nitosha Flug-Presley, 30, Loyace Foreman III, 35, Matthew Pettus, 26, and Jasmine Sturm, 30. He said Suggs, whom he grew up with in St. Paul, gave him half of the $7,000 sale of the SUV and that he was going to keep the certificate of title until he got the rest of the money. Witnesses at the White Squirrel told investigators that they saw Flug-Presley and Suggs there on Saturday night. Antoine Suggs was found guilty by a Ramsey County jury of four counts of second-degree murder (intentional but not pre-meditated) on Friday. When asked if his mother or father ever owned a Nissan, he said he could not recall. Suggs and his father, 56-year-old Darren Osborne, have also each been charged in Dunn County with four counts of hiding a corpse. Surveillance video from University Avenue and Eustis Street in St. Paul showed the Mercedes-Benz that the bodies were found in following a Nissan Rogue at 7:42 a.m. Suggss father gave his son a ride to Minnesota from Wisconsin after they left the [car] in the cornfield.. Suggs' father told authorities that after leaving the SUV in a cornfield, he gave Suggs a ride back to Minnesota. Nitosha Flug-Presley, Loyace Foreman III, Matthew Pettus and Jasmine Sturm. Thats when Suggs allegedly told his father he had snapped, and prosecutors say McWright then followed him to Wisconsin and gave his son a ride back to the Twin Cities. Investigators found the four people had been fatally shot in the head, according to the complaint. According to the criminal complaint, witnesses said Flug-Presley and a man believed to be Suggs were seen together at the White Squirrel bar in St. Paul on the evening of Sept. 11 and the early morning of Sept. 12. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Darren Lee McWright, 56, and Antoine Darnique Suggs, 37, are accused in the quadruple slaying of four Saint Paul area residents, officials announced Thursday. Antoine Suggs, 39, of Scottsdale, Arizona, was found guilty Friday of four counts of second-degree murder in the September 2021 deaths of Nitosha Flug-Presley of ST. PAUL, Minn. An Arizona man who allegedly told his father he snapped and shot a couple of people was charged Tuesday with murder, about a week after four bodies were found in an abandoned SUV in western Wisconsin, according to a criminal complaint. An agent with the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension contacted Delta, and the airline confirmed that Suggs never checked in for the flight. Antoine Suggs, 38, of Scottsdale, Arizona, faces four counts of second-degree intentional murder, without premeditation. Antoine Suggs, 38, of Scottsdale, Arizona, faces four counts of second-degree intentional murder, without premeditation. 10:06 a.m. Cell tower data show Pettus phone in the area of Interstate 94 and Dale Street heading east toward Wisconsin. Family members say that Suggs and Flug-Presley were dating. Suggs father told authorities that after leaving the SUV in a cornfield, he gave Suggs a ride back to Minnesota. I was bewildered because she doesnt know anybody in Wisconsin. Video surveillance from outside the bar shows Sturm getting into the passenger side of a dark SUV, sitting in the same spot where her body was later found. The Arizona man, who reportedly had some sort of relationship with Flug-Presley, sought the help of his father shortly after the killings, prosecutors allege. Foreman had a gunshot wound to his face and the top of his head. They found a range of evidence including bullet casings, the remains of a Parliament cigarette that Suggs' father may have bought when helping his son hide the bodies and Suggs' bloodied Arizona driver's license. 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This is a case about a night that was supposed to be fun, but turned into a grisly horror show, Assistant Ramsey County Attorney Andrew Johnson said in his opening statement in Suggs quadruple-murder trial. Police were able to identify Suggs in surveillance video because he wasn't wearing a mask. Investigators went to the St. Paul home of the vehicle's registered owner and found Darren E. Suggs, who said his brother Antoine had the Nissan on Sunday. Nitosha Flug-Presley's father, Damone Presley, told WCCO Tuesday that he's "so grateful" for the charges against Suggs. The employee said Suggs said something about having six children and this happening every time he comes back to Minnesota, the complaint said. Prosecutors say Suggs told his father that he snapped and shot a couple of people.. Charges say that Suggs shot the four inside the SUV after a night out in St. Paul's W. 7th Street area before their bodies were driven 60 miles east to the Dunn County It was not immediately clear if he was still there on Tuesday night because the jails online records showed an error. Suggs' father denied knowing the bodies were in the abandoned SUV, the complaint said. Police seek woman who allegedly stabbed St. Paul man in Bloomington Saturday night The employee said Suggs uttered something about having six children and this happening every time he comes back to Minnesota, according to the complaint. More than two hours later, the Mercedes-Benz and the Nissan were seen at a St. Paul gas station. Antoine Suggs, 38, of Scottsdale, Arizona, faces four counts of second-degree intentional murder, without premeditation. However,prosecutors say McWright denied knowing there were bodies in the car that he allegedly helped hide. He says he dropped Suggs off in Minneapolis. 2:18 p.m. The Mercedes and the four bodies are discovered in a cornfield in Dunn County, Wis. 4:30 a.m. Suggs places a phone call to his father, Darren Lee Osborne, 56, of St. Paul. A farmer near Menomonie, Wis., found the bodies of Jasmine Sturm, Matthew Pettus, Nitosha Lee Flug-Presley and LoyaceForeman III in a car left in a cornfield.