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Lyndon Wiggins Sentenced to Life Without Parole After Retrial in Monique Baugh Killing

The denial of a third-trial motion cited inaccurate quotations in the defense brief.

Overview

  • A November jury found Wiggins guilty of aiding and abetting first-degree premeditated murder, attempted murder and kidnapping in a re-do trial.
  • Judge Mark Kappelhoff rejected claims of repeated jury disruptions, noting only a single gasp by Baugh’s mother and flagging numerous nonexistent quotations in the defense filing.
  • The court imposed life without parole for premeditated murder, plus 240 months for attempted murder to run consecutively to 189 months for kidnapping, with 1,981 days’ credit and restitution from prison wages.
  • Baugh was lured to a sham home showing in Maple Grove, forced into a U-Haul, and later found shot in a Minneapolis alley.
  • The retrial followed a 2024 Minnesota Supreme Court reversal; co-defendants Cedric Berry and Berry Davis are serving life terms, and Elsa Segura pleaded guilty to kidnapping and received 20 years.