ST. PAUL, MINN. – The murder trial of a Fergus Falls man began Wednesday, February 7.
Matthew Ecker, 44, of Fergus Falls, was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of 32-year-old Alexandra Pennig at her downtown St.Paul apartment in December of 2022. He originally reported she shot herself in the head. Jury selection is underway.
Second-degree murder with intent is a felony and has a maximum prison sentence of 40 years.
According to the court documents, officers found the body of Pennig in the bathroom with a gunshot wound to the left side of her head and her left hand on top of the gun.
Ecker said she walked backward to the bathroom and told Ecker not to come any closer or she would pull the trigger. Ecker said she shot herself “two seconds” after she closed the bathroom door.
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