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. He's been a reporter covering communities since 2007. Antoine Suggs 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 Investigators found blood in the gas station parking lot where the SUV had stopped, the complaint said. 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. Whoever bought the ticket paid for it less than an hour before departure. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Antoine Suggs, 38, of Scottsdale, Arizona, was charged with four counts of second-degree intentional murder, without premeditation. I was bewildered because she doesnt know anybody in Wisconsin. Are you sure? he told The Post. This is when police believe Suggs shot the four. 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. A few tried to hold back sobs that echoed off the walls of the Ramsey County courtroom. Flug-Presleys body is visible. Police Chief Brian O'Hara called the fires an attempt to inflict terror on our Muslim community. His alleged accomplice, 38-year-old Antoine Suggs, was originally believed to be in the Twin Cities area and was considered armed and dangerous. Blood also was dripping from the vehicle, according to the complaint. It was not immediately clear if he was still there on Tuesday night because the jails online records showed an error. He soon came across a dark-colored SUV parked in the cornfield. The 2008 Mercedes-Benz GL was registered to Amber Allison Neal and Dominique Saville Neal-Hill. According to the Ramsey County medical examiners autopsy reports: Flug-Presley had a gunshot wound that entered her mouth and out the back of her head. As he enters the store, Suggs is clearly identifiable on the stores surveillance video since he did not wear a face covering.. Foreman had a gunshot wound to his face and the top of his head. Police are still uncertain what caused Suggs to allegedly kill the four people he had been hanging out with that early Sunday morning. The Cultural Landscape Foundation confirmed the course's addition to the list. On frontier of new gold rush, quest for coveted EV metals yields misery, an abandoned SUV in a Wisconsin cornfield. A complaint filed Thursday against McWright, whos Suggs, who allegedly executed the group of friends after leaving a St. Paul bar, later dumped their bodies across state lines and fled to Arizona. So much blood had pooled in the SUV that police found puddles of it at different places where he had parked. Suggs' father, Darren McWright, who also goes by the last name Osborne, was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to helping his son hide the victims' bodies. Suggs was in the area of his fathers home when he placed the call which went unanswered. The surveillance video also clearly showed the license plate of the Nissan. The Gilbert Police Department said Suggs was taken to the Maricopa County jail on Friday. First published on September 22, 2021 / 4:00 AM. Flug-Presleys cousin, Dominique Neal-Hill, testified that he sold Suggs the Mercedes through his parents small auto dealership a few days before the killings. McWright, of St. Paul, was arrested Thursday in Minnesota. He said Suggs urged his parents "to get along with each other," and to watch after his children. Surveillance video from Seventh Street and Walnut Street in St. Paul showed Flug-Presley appearing to be already slumped over in the front passenger seat at 3:48 a.m. on Sept. 12, the complaint says. This article was published more than1 year ago, An Arizona man was charged Tuesday with the murder of four people from Minnesota who were found fatally shot in an abandoned SUV in a Wisconsin cornfield this month, according to a criminal complaint. 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. In 15 years at the Star Tribune, he has covered business, agriculture and crime. Video surveillance showed that both vehicles pulled into the parking lot of a gas station in Wheeler, Wis. around 12:08 p.m. 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. Please enter valid email address to continue. 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. Pettus had two gunshot wounds to the back of his head and a third gunshot wound to his left arm. The city's First Ward is still in limbo after convention delegates walked out. Coronation prompts scrutiny of royal wealth. Web11 records for Antoine Suggs. Last year, Suggs father, Darren Lee Osborne, admitted to following his son to western Wisconsin, where he dumped the SUV in the cornfield about 65 miles from St. Paul. Osborne denied knowing any of the victims. Autopsies show they all died of gunshot wounds. The complaint goes on to say both Suggs and Osbourne left their cell phones behind in Minnesota when they drove to Wisconsin in the Mercedes-Benz and Nissan Rogue. After 1 a.m. An employee at the White Squirrel Bar, located at 974 W. Seventh St. in St. Paul, told police that Sturm came in and that Flug-Presley was with a man who looked like Suggs. 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A warrant was issued for his arrest. Public records show that Suggs had been living recently in Scottsdale, Arizona, where hes listed as the manager and owner of Darnque Apparel. Antoine Suggs was found guilty by a Ramsey County jury of four counts of second-degree murder (intentional but not pre-meditated) on Friday. Left: Dunn County Sheriff's Office | Right: Maricopa County Sheriff's Office via AP, Witnesses say suspect met victim at a bar, Authorities are offering $80K for information about the suspected Texas shooter, Arrest made in suspected Minneapolis mosque arsons, More people are getting away with murder. Witnesses at the White Squirrel told investigators that they saw Flug-Presley and Suggs there on Saturday night. The 63-year-old farmhand told a Ramsey County courtroom on Thursday that he walked over to the SUV, which had Minnesota license plates, and peered inside. Jessica Foreman, the mother of Loyace Foreman III, told The Post that she and the families of the victims are having a difficult time grappling with the details of the murder allegations. Pettus and Sturm were half-siblings, and Foreman was dating Sturm. Scheffler said he had cupped his hands to look into the tinted windows of the vehicle, soon realizing bodies were inside. The Associated Press contributed to this report. It would be a tragic decision, he said. Copyright 2021 WEAU. Police were able to identify Suggs in surveillance video because he wasn't wearing a mask. According to the criminal complaint, investigators believe that Suggs killed the four victims in the area of Seventh Street in St. Paul between 3:30 a.m. and 3:48 a.m. on September 12. Man who was seeing one of the victims surrendered to police on Friday. Flug-Presley, Pettus and Sturm were then seen getting into a black SUV, the complaint said. However,prosecutors say McWright denied knowing there were bodies in the car that he allegedly helped hide. Deanna Weniger covers criminal, civil and federal courts. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. When asked if his mother or father ever owned a Nissan, he said he could not recall. He was in and out of the car containing the bodies for about seven hours, according to a timeline police put together using video footage, cellphone data and witness reports that is laid out in criminal charges. Police allegedly found Suggs' driver's license in the abandoned vehicle. According to the criminal complaint against Suggs, an employee at a bar saw a woman who looked like Flug-Presley arguing with a man, who the employee identified as Suggs from a photo lineup. Suggs entered the store. (Courtesy photos) 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. Flug-Presley had a gunshot wound that entered her mouth and out the back of her head. Darren Suggs explained that the Nissan is his mothers and that she lets Antoine use it when he is in town. September 22, 2021 / 6:51 AM Thats when we started assuming that something tragic had happened to her.. My greatest appreciation for the diligent work on this case by the St. Paul Police Department and other law enforcement agencies who worked tirelessly to find the truth.. According to the criminal complaint against Suggs, an employee at a bar saw a woman who looked like Flug-Presley arguing with a man, who the employee identified as Suggs from a photo lineup. More than two hours later, the Mercedes-Benz and the Nissan were seen at a St. Paul gas station. A camera caught the audio as it was driving by, Johnson said. His 9:48 a.m. Video from the Holiday gas station at 281 N. Snelling Ave. shows the Mercedes at a gas pump. Investigators learned from Flug-Presley's relatives that she had been dating Antoine. 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. Suggs turned himself in to Gilbert, Arizona, police last week after investigators announced he was wanted for questioning. The employee said Suggs uttered something about having six children and this happening every time he comes back to Minnesota, according to the complaint. The employee later identified the man in a photo lineup as Suggs. Damone Presley, Flug-Presleys father, told Minnesota CBS affiliate WCCO that he was so grateful that Suggs would be charged with murder. After being shown images from the Bridgestop video surveillance, Darren Suggs identified the other driver as his father, Darren Lee McWright. They all died of gunshot wounds to the head, authorities said. Kyeland Jackson is the St. Paul public safety reporter for the Star Tribune. ST. PAUL, Minn. (WEAU) - An Arizona man has been charged in a quadruple homicide investigation that began in Dunn County, Wis. Authorities said in court documents that Suggs was seen at a St. Paul bar with Flug-Presley, Sturm and Pettus on Sept. 12. Suggs' attorney Kevin Devore deferred giving an opening statement, telling Judge Harris he would like to save it until later. Darren Suggs told police that McWright is his biological father and confirmed through a still photo that he was one of the suspects at the Bridgestop. Prosecutors in St. Paul, Minn. have now charged 38-year-old Antoine Suggs with four counts of second-degree murder. Suggss father gave his son a ride to Minnesota from Wisconsin after they left the [car] in the cornfield.. The criminal complaint says that a deputy then reviewed surveillance video from a nearby gas station, which showed a black Nissan Rouge pulling up to a pump and the Mercedes Benz pulling 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Surveillance video shows the SUV with the bodies inside had the windows down when Osborne walked up to it at a Wisconsin gas station. Suggs father also stood at the SUVs open passenger window while it was in the gas station parking lot, the complaint said. Suggs, who turned himself in to the Gilbert, Ariz., police Friday, will be extradited to Wisconsin to face Dunn County investigators. If convicted, Suggs could face up to 160 years in prison. Antoine Suggs, 38, faces four counts of second-degree intentional murder in the Sept. 12 killings of four Minnesota residents found dead in an abandoned SUV. 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. Authorities say its unclear how he got back to Arizona. Though McWright has denied knowing his son was allegedly transporting dead bodies inside his car, surveillance videos shows the father walking up to the black SUV and handing something to Suggs on the drivers side, according to the complaint. Investigators would find in the Mercedes-Benz SUV the bodies of four people who prosecutors say were fatally shot in the SUV in St. Paul by Antoine Darnique Suggs, who now stands on trial for their murders. 5:00 a.m. Suggs meets up with Osborne. Five teens were arrested after an attempted carjacking near Valley View Middle School. Antoine Suggs, 38, of Scottsdale, Arizona, faces four counts of second-degree intentional murder, without premeditation. All rights reserved. Osborne told police that Suggs had spoken to him and his mother about taking care of his kids and trying to get along with each other, according to the complaint. Sturm had a gunshot wound that went through her left palm and into her face. A warrant is out for the other suspect, Antoine Darnique Suggs, 38, who is believed to be in the Twin Cities area. 3:48 a.m. Surveillance video shows the Mercedes drive west on Seventh Street toward the McDonalds near Nearly three-dozen people packed the courtroom to hear opening statements and testimony against Antoine Suggs, 39, who is charged with four counts of second-degree murder in the killings of Nitosha Flug-Presley of Stillwater, 30, and Jasmine C. Sturm, 30, Matthew Pettus, 26, and Loyace Foreman III, 35, all of St. Paul. 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. The gas station is about 10 miles away from the cornfield where the Mercedes-Benz was recovered. A Minnesota father and his son have been identified as suspects in the murders of four people, whose bodies were recovered from an SUV in a Wisconsin cornfield last weekend. The Ramsey County jail's phone system has McWright listed as an inmate, but staff there do not take messages. The two were last seen together by several witnesses at the White Squirrel bar on W. Seventh Street early Sunday morning, according to the complaint. The Ramsey County attorneys office is requesting bail be set at $10 million.Related Articles A witness identified Suggs as a man seen in the White Squirrel with some in the group, according to the criminal complaint. Suggs testified that he shot the four in self-defense because he thought they were going to rob him, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported. He faces up to 40 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. Suggs, of Scottsdale, Ariz., turned himself in to investigators in Gilbert, Ariz., last week. 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 field. Suggs father denied knowing the bodies were in the abandoned SUV, the complaint said. A deputy searched the area at the gas station and found dark-colored stains suspected to be blood, according to the complaint. Crime & Public Safety | Authorities said all four had gunshot wounds to the head. Nitosha Flug-Presley, who was in the front passenger seat, had been shot in the mouth, Pettus had two gunshot wounds to the back of his head, Foreman had a gunshot wound to the face and another gunshot wound to the top of the head, and Sturm had a gunshot wound to the left cheek, the complaint said. 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. 4:30 a.m. Suggs places a phone call to his father, Darren Lee Osborne, 56, of St. Paul. Nitosha Flug-Presley, who was in the front passenger seat, had been shot in the mouth, Pettus had two gunshot wounds to the back of his head, Foreman had a gunshot wound to the face and another gunshot wound to the top of the head, and Sturm had a gunshot wound to the left cheek, the complaint said. Family members say that Suggs and Flug-Presley were dating. MINNEAPOLIS -- A man has been convicted of killing four people in Minnesota and then leaving their bodies in an abandoned SUV in a Wisconsin cornfield. Nitosha Flug-Presley's father, Damone Presley, told WCCO Tuesday that he's "so grateful" for the charges against Suggs. MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Antoine Suggs was charged Tuesday in connection with the deaths of four Minnesotans, who were all found in an abandoned SUV in a western Wisconsin cornfield. The announcement of the charges against Suggs is the latest development in a quadruple murder case that authorities previously dubbed a mystery and family members have called a coldblooded tragedy., Obviously weve had homicides in the last several years, Dunn County Sheriff Kevin Bygd said at a Sept. 14 news conference, but something of this magnitude this is a first..