Minn. man trapped, shot ex with kids in car

[onehandle]

ST. PETER, Minn. – A Minnesota man who repeatedly accused his ex-wife of child abuse rammed her car into a tree and shot her to death in front of their three young children before fleeing in a vehicle belonging to good Samaritans who responded to the crash, prosecutors said Tuesday.

A sheriff's deputy who caught up with Joel Marvin Munt found the children crying inside the stolen SUV and heard one say "Daddy killed Mommy," according to a criminal complaint charging Munt with second-degree murder in death of his ex-wife, Svetlana Vladimirovna Munt, 32, of Mankato.

Authorities allege Munt rammed his Chevrolet Suburban SUV into the driver's side door of his ex-wife's car Sunday morning — pinning it against a tree at the Rasmussen Woods Nature Area in Mankato — then shot the woman he'd gone to Russia to marry in 1998 after meeting through an online singles agency. A medical examiner determined she was shot seven times.

Prosecutors believe the three children, ages 4, 5, and 7, saw it all. "I can only assume that they did," said Assistant Blue Earth County Attorney Patrick McDermott. "They were in the car when she was shot." They are now in protective custody.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100330/ap_on_re_us/us_rammed_into_tree_slaying_2

[MadBadger]

1. Wow, talk about child abuse.

[mike_c]

2. since when is it a crime to defend yourself from embarrassing scenes...

...with the ex? Sheesh.

Yes, this is anti-gun :sarcasm:

[Walk away]

3. Minnesota, guns and and a family argument.

As crazy as it sounds, it writes itself.

[cowman]

4. Meanwhile back

on the ranch where Molly was to tired for Danny who was now eyeing the nearest sheep

[TPaine7]

5. This proves that onehandle's policy preferences should be implemented immediately! n/t

[proteus_lives]

6. Ban cars.

[Katya Mullethov]

7. Click

[friendly_iconoclast]

8. This proves that the plural form of 'anecdote' is 'data' n/t

[gorfle]

9. Very tragic.

How sad for those poor kids to see their mother shot dead in front of them.