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Jury finds that her death was not a suicide, as he had claimed.

Jury finds that her death was not a suicide, as he had claimed.

Jury finds that her death was not a suicide, as he had claimed.

Jury finds that her death was not a suicide, as he had claimed.

Jury finds that her death was not a suicide, as he had claimed.

Jury finds that her death was not a suicide, as he had claimed.

Jury finds that her death was not a suicide, as he had claimed.

The Fergus Falls man's attorney said he would appeal.

A jury on Friday found a Fergus Falls, Minn., man guilty of fatally shooting his girlfriend in her Lowertown St. Paul apartment — and that her death was not a suicide as he claimed. Matthew Phillip Ecker, 45, was convicted of the sole count of second-degree intentional murder, not premeditated, for shooting 32-year-old Alexandra Lee Pennig in the head on Dec. 16, 2022. Jurors deliberated for ...

The defendant called 911 from a Lowertown apartment and reported that his girlfriend had shot herself in the head.