GUILTY MN - America Thayer, 55, beheaded, Shakopee, 28 July 2021 *ARREST* *NG insanity*

[Tippy Lynn]

Police have identified the woman who was reportedly beheaded in Shakopee, Minnesota Wednesday as 55-year-old America Mafalda Thayer. A suspect is in custody in connection with her death.

Around 2:30 p.m., officers responded to a report of a stabbing at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Spencer Street. When they arrived at the scene, officers saw a body without a head lying on the ground next to a car, according to a search warrant. The victim's head was lying next to the body.

Search warrant: Woman killed in Shakopee was beheaded, suspect in custody

 

[Niner]

Friday, July 30th:
*Hearing (formal charges) (@ am CT) - MN - America Mafalda Thayer (55) (July 27, 2021, Shakopee, beheaded) - *42 year old suspect charged, not formally yet. Awaiting name. Scott County jail.
Suspect in custody, who multiple people tell Fox 9 was in the long-term relationship with Thayer, where domestic abuse was a consistent problem. Court records reveal the suspect was convicted on domestic assault charges in 2017 & was currently facing arson charges for allegedly trying to burn his apartment down in 2020.
On the most recent charges, he was released on $50K bond this spring.
7/27/21 Update: On Wednesday afternoon, the suspect was scheduled to be in court, but didn't show up. Formal charges are expected to be filed in this case on Friday morning 7/27/21. Suspect will be named once formally charged.


@Tippy Lynn - will follow this case with you - if you see the suspects name - let me know - and I'll see if I can find him in the MN court site. TIA!

 

[Tippy Lynn]

@Niner
Alexis Saborit is the suspect in custody.

Alexis Saborit who 'beheaded partner' was freed on bail before attack

Minnesota woman beheaded in broad daylight, allegedly by boyfriend

 

[Tippy Lynn]

Jail Roster | Scott County, MN

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[Niner]

Oh - and I can't access the jail roster... but that's okay I can the court site!

 

[Tippy Lynn]

SHAKOPEE, Minn. — Editors note: Warning - this story contains highly graphic descriptions of the alleged crime, detailed by prosecutors in a criminal complaint.

A Shakopee man is charged with second degree intentional murder after police say he decapitated his girlfriend and threw her body into the street.

Charges filed in Shakopee domestic homicide | kare11.com

 

[LaborDayRN]

What a horrific act! Just horrible. Apparently he had been a threat to her for quite some time. I really feel for her son. He's only 10 years old and that video will live forever. Whoever posted the video on social media should face charges IMO.

 

[savagewoman]

SHAKOPEE, Minn. — Editors note: Warning - this story contains highly graphic descriptions of the alleged crime, detailed by prosecutors in a criminal complaint.

A Shakopee man is charged with second degree intentional murder after police say he decapitated his girlfriend and threw her body into the street.

Charges filed in Shakopee domestic homicide | kare11.com

More at link...
"KARE 11's Lou Raguse was in court Friday and reports that during his appearance Saborit, speaking through an interpreter, not only declared his innocence but also alleged that Thayer was trying to extort and murder him and that he killed her in self-defense. He also asked the judge if he could be deported instead of go on trial, a request the judge quickly rebuffed. "

I'm in the next town over and was shocked that it happened in Shakopee in broad daylight!
Shocking... that goodness he was caught so fast.

 

[LaborDayRN]

More at link...
"KARE 11's Lou Raguse was in court Friday and reports that during his appearance Saborit, speaking through an interpreter, not only declared his innocence but also alleged that Thayer was trying to extort and murder him and that he killed her in self-defense. He also asked the judge if he could be deported instead of go on trial, a request the judge quickly rebuffed. "

I'm in the next town over and was shocked that it happened in Shakopee in broad daylight!
Shocking... that goodness he was caught so fast.

Oh right. Let's deport him instead of having him go to trial.......said no one ever!

 

[everybodhi]

His own defense counsel warned the court:

"..Judge Richard C. Perkins ordering Saborit's release in March despite the defense's claim he was mentally ill and that his release would "endanger safety of any person or the community".
Alexis Saborit who 'beheaded partner' was freed on bail before attack

Instead of a possible life sentence under first degree murder, he's being charged with second degree, so I guess prosecutors don't believe this was premeditated, perhaps they think it is a "crime of passion"?

There is a specific second degree murder clause in MN for those who have a restraining order seeking protection from someone and the perp "unintentionally" kills them when they only intended to cause bodily harm, max confinement of 40 years.

Gotta love these special wife/girlfriend laws inspired by some other century.

609.19 MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
(2) causes the death of a human being without intent to effect the death of any person, while intentionally inflicting or attempting to inflict bodily harm upon the victim, when the perpetrator is restrained under an order for protection and the victim is a person designated to receive protection under the order.
As used in this clause, "order for protection" includes an order for protection issued under chapter 518B; a harassment restraining order issued under section 609.748; a court order setting conditions of pretrial release or conditions of a criminal sentence or juvenile court disposition; a restraining order issued in a marriage dissolution action; and any order issued by a court of another state or of the United States that is similar to any of these orders.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/609.19

 

[Niner]

Any "next" hearing date? He still is not in the MN court site for the murder.

TIA!

 

[Niner]

Oh - I'm going to "assume" he is being held without bond? It wasn't mentioned in the article that I had to put thru Outline.

 

[RealForReal]

I live about a half hour from Shakopee and I’m shocked at the brazenness and gruesomeness.

 

[Niner]

@Tippy Lynn - if you see a court case # for Saborit - he "might" be in the system.

I've noticed on the MN court site, if you put in a person's name - their case doesn't come up, but if you put in the case # it's there - strange!

 

[savagewoman]

Man in custody after woman found beheaded in Shakopee
Man in custody after woman found beheaded in Shakopee

"a report that a body without a head was pulled out of a vehicle and a man was walking through an alley."

"I thought I saw a body on the pavement, but I wasn't overly sure,"

"Shakopee Police Chief Jeff Tate told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS he is "incredibly disappointed" that cellphone video from the aftermath of the incident was shared on social media. "

IMO WTF??? Someone posted this online! Ugh

 

[Seattle1]

Oh - I'm going to "assume" he is being held without bond? It wasn't mentioned in the article that I had to put thru Outline.

$2.5 M bond set as reported in video report linked in post #6.

 

[Niner]

This article has his next court date.

Man charged with murder after woman found beheaded in Shakopee

July 30, 2021
.....
Saborit has made his first court appearance and his bail was set at $2.5 million. His next court appearance is August 9.

 

[Niner]

$2.5 M bond set as reported in video report linked in post #6.

Just posted the above article which had that bond amount! Thanks though!

 

[Tippy Lynn]

@Tippy Lynn - if you see a court case # for Saborit - he "might" be in the system.

I've noticed on the MN court site, if you put in a person's name - their case doesn't come up, but if you put in the case # it's there - strange!

I still haven't found a case number for this. If I see one I will let you know.

 

[Niner]

I still haven't found a case number for this. If I see one I will let you know.

Thanks - court site still doesn't have the murder charge on it.