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Minnesota Jury Reconvicts Lyndon Wiggins in 2019 Killing of Realtor Monique Baugh

The case returned to trial after a 2024 Supreme Court reversal over faulty jury instructions, with a new-trial motion now delaying sentencing.

Overview

  • A Hennepin County jury found Wiggins guilty of aiding and abetting first-degree premeditated murder, attempted first-degree premeditated murder, kidnapping, and first-degree murder while committing kidnapping.
  • Prosecutors say Wiggins and Elsa Segura arranged a fake Maple Grove home showing to lure Baugh, who was abducted and later found shot in an alley.
  • Court filings state Baugh was confined in a U-Haul and that her boyfriend was shot at his home by a masked gunman; he survived.
  • On the day set for sentencing, Wiggins’ attorney filed a motion seeking another retrial, leaving his final sentence unresolved.
  • Co-defendants Cedric Berry and Berry Davis are serving life without parole, while Segura pleaded guilty in 2024 to kidnapping to commit great bodily harm and received a 20-year sentence.