Minnesota Man Charged With Murdering Intercourse Offender With Moose Antler

Levi Axtell, 28, reportedly turned himself in to police final Wednesday for killing 77-year-old Lawrence Scully of Grand Marais, Minnesota. On Friday, he was charged with homicide, with bail set at a million {dollars}.

In keeping with courtroom paperwork (by way of Star Tribune), police acquired a 9-1-1 name from somebody who noticed a minivan pull as much as Scully’s dwelling, earlier than listening to screaming and seeing the van drive off. Axtell confirmed as much as the Cook dinner County Sheriff’s Workplace moments later in a van becoming the outline, “coated in blood” and demanding to be handcuffed. Axtell allegedly instructed authorities he hit Scully with a shovel from the person’s porch 15-20 occasions earlier than he “completed him off” with a big moose antler.

Deputies later discovered Scully at his dwelling “clearly lifeless from the intense nature of his head wounds.”

As for why he did it, Axtell allegedly instructed police he believed Scully “to have sexually offended in opposition to kids up to now” and “believed he would reoffend.” The outlet additionally credited Cook dinner County Sheriff Pat Eliasen with confirming Scully was convicted in 1979 of sexually assaulting a 6-year-old lady, earlier than being launched from jail in 1982.

Axtell beforehand requested an order of safety from Scully in 2018, alleging Scully was “stalking kids in his van” and writing, “him speaking and trying to groom my daughter is totally inappropriate and must cease.” He was granted the order on a short lived foundation, earlier than it was dismissed a number of weeks later. Eliasen mentioned that whereas there have been allegations made in opposition to Scully, latest investigations “didn’t reveal something” and have been principally “relating to harassment.”

Sooner or later over the previous couple years, Axtell additionally reportedly posted to Fb that the “solely remedy for pedophiles” was “a bullet” … including, “Individuals all the time ask me why I hate pedophiles. They assume I have been abused. However actually I believe being protecting is simply an Axtell trait.”

After his arraignment by way of Zoom final week, he is being held within the custody of Cook dinner County Sheriff till his subsequent courtroom look on April 10.

Levi’s household mentioned they did arrange a GoFundMe to boost cash for the person’s daughter, nevertheless it was shut down — seemingly as a result of the location thought the cash can be used for his authorized protection, which is a violation of their phrases of service.

“The Axtell household is grateful for the help of their small group in Cook dinner County, Minnesota, in addition to individuals nationwide who hear their story and have supplied help and solidarity,” they shared on a brand new web site arrange for donations.