MN - Jul 4 2019 Heather Mayer 33 found hanged in dungeon basement, police botch investigation

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Four years ago, 33-year-old Heather Mayer’s death was ruled a suicide. It was a story her mother never believed, and she felt police weren’t doing enough to track down other explanations.

Police reopened Mayer's case after her mother pored over records, text messages and social media posts.

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After her daughter died in a chain used for sexual roleplay, a mother set out to find justice

Police found Heather Mayer dead in her boyfriend's basement. The circumstances of her death remain a mystery. But as her mother began digging for the truth, more women came forward with allegations of assault in the Twin Cities bondage community.

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Why police didn't take Heather Mayer's case seriously until now

MPR News host Cathy Wurzer spoke with Star Tribune crime and policing reporter Andy Mannix about his reporting on the death of 33-year-old Heather Mayer in 2019.

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[Rolypolyoly]

How awful. The attitude of LE here is the same as telling a rape victim she asked him back to her place and fooled around a bit so she can't really complain that he had sex with her. Consent is consent, and when it's not given, or its revoked its assault, or worse.

 

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Four years ago, 33-year-old Heather Mayer’s death was ruled a suicide. It was a story her mother never believed, and she felt police weren’t doing enough to track down other explanations.

Police reopened Mayer's case after her mother pored over records, text messages and social media posts.

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After her daughter died in a chain used for sexual roleplay, a mother set out to find justice

Police found Heather Mayer dead in her boyfriend's basement. The circumstances of her death remain a mystery. But as her mother began digging for the truth, more women came forward with allegations of assault in the Twin Cities bondage community.

www.startribune.com

Why police didn't take Heather Mayer's case seriously until now

MPR News host Cathy Wurzer spoke with Star Tribune crime and policing reporter Andy Mannix about his reporting on the death of 33-year-old Heather Mayer in 2019.

www.mprnews.org

Thanks for bringing these egregious assaults (and worse) to our attention -- and kudos to those reporters and investigators who have stuck with this case. Good, careful and committed reporting matters, still.

 

[tlcya]

Wow, that was some read. The lesson EK took from Heather's death is don't leave a body for others to question what happened to it. I am willing to bet this sadist has killed since or will again in future. Very sad case

 

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Ehsan was booked into the Pima County jail around 11 p.m., and charged with two counts of domestic assault, both misdemeanors. At the time, he was wanted on a nationwide warrant ordering his extradition to Minnesota for skipping a court date. Instead of shipping him to Minnesota, a judge let him out on bond at noon the next day, according to jail records.
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After Dettling, Bella spoke.

She told McManus that Ehsan had also been convicted of violating a protection order she’d taken out against him. “I suffered physically, severe sexual and psychological abuse, as did Heather and the other partners he brought in and out of our South St. Paul home,” said Bella. “These abuses included being punched, slapped, kicked and beat with PVC pipes, metal-type belts and switches of various diameters all over the face and body.”
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In the end, McManus sentenced Ehsan to the maximum 90 days in jail.
“I find this is a serious violation,” the judge said.
The bailiff took Ehsan into custody, and Dettling grinned and pumped her fists in celebration as she left the courthouse.

The Dakota County jail discharged Ehsan in August, after he served two months. Once released, he traveled to Orlando to stay with Holly Appell.

On Sept. 28, 2022, as Hurricane Ian raged outside, police responded to a 911 call to Holly’s apartment. Holly would later testify that she’d broken up with Ehsan, and the next morning, while they were still in bed, he wrapped his arms around her throat and squeezed her windpipe until she blacked out. “I said ‘no.’ I said, ‘I do not consent.’ I said ‘red,’ ” she told the judge. “And he told me that my words do not matter.”

Ehsan is charged with assault, battery and a first-degree felony for kidnapping that carries up to life in prison. In early March, in a courtroom in downtown Orlando, he watched blankly from the jury box as Holly testified in a hearing over his bond. Handcuffs fastened his wrists to a metal chain that wrapped around the waist of a blue jumpsuit.
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Four of the women took out protection orders against Ehsan, and he’s been convicted of violating two: Bella’s and Heather’s. He is still facing charges in Arizona and Florida for allegations of assaulting Stephanie and kidnapping Holly.
After her daughter died in a chain used for sexual roleplay, a mother set out to find justice

So this "man" has abused all these woman and repeatedly violated OPs they were granted against him, has been found guilty of that, including Heather's.

Even if he is no official POI in Heather's death, he was found guilty of a crime against her.

For those who can stomach it, the images taken from his Instagram account are featured in the linked article. thankfully there is a censor over them that you must press to "see" the disgusting images.