Posted on 06/09/2011 3:36:04 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
Carl Muggli told police that his wife, Linda, was crushed to death in November when the totem pole they were carving accidentally fell on her.
But now police say it was murder.
Carl Muggli, 49, was arrested Tuesday in southern Texas and will be returned to International Falls, Minn., to face second-degree-murder charges in the death of his wife of 24 years.
The criminal complaint filed last week in Koochiching County tells a tale of infidelity and deceit.
On Nov. 26, a sheriff's deputy was called to the couple's garage and found Linda Muggli, 61, on the floor, bleeding from the mouth but still breathing. She was taken to a hospital, where she died.
Later that day, Carl Muggli told a deputy that a totem pole that the couple had been working on fell out of its cradle and onto his wife.
But about a week later, a tipster told the Sheriff's Office about Facebook entries between Muggli and a woman in Alabama that were "very intimate in nature," the complaint said.
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
Here we have Facebook doing some transcandental communication with a totem pole which leaps out of its cradle to crush the guy's wife.
Yeah, I see it all now.
AMAZING!
This clown will be on next week’s TruTV’s “World’s Dumbest.”
damn, a 17-footer?
She looked like a lovely woman. Too bad the man she chose to live the rest of her life with was this way.
What a horrible way to go. Guy must be a psychopath. Unfortunately no death penalty in Mn.
When I saw the picture I thought she looked like a lovely woman too. This man married her 25 years ago when he was 24. She was 36. I guess he got tired of having an older wife. Pathetic.
Aye, just a wee harsh...
Yeah, and they’re only charging him with second degree...
That’s probably an indication of the weakness of their case. Reasonable doubt and all. In my opinion he is a monster.
Caught him just outside of my town in TX
http://seguingazette.com/news/article_571365d6-92f3-11e0-be2e-001cc4c002e0.html
WILSON COUNTY - A man accused of killing his wife with a totem pole in Minnesota, was arrested on Tuesday in Wilson County.
Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Lt. Tony Slaughter said deputies with the county’s Patrol Division aided a number of other agencies in capturing the man suspected of killing his wife.
“The suspect, who was identified as Carl Muggli, 49, was found at an address listed in Stockdale, where he was reported living,” he said. “The residence was in Wilson County but near the Guadalupe County line, which is why deputies were asked to assist.”
Deputies joined officers with the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office, Texas Rangers, Texas Department of Public Safety, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and Koochiching County Sheriff’s Office out of Minnesota, Slaughter said.
According to the International Falls Daily Journal Muggli’s wife Linda was crushed by a 3,000 pound totem pole at the couple’s residence on Nov. 26
Muggli was arrested without incident and taken to Wilson County Jail, where Slaughter assumes that he is awaiting an extradition hearing.
Thanks!
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