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Authorities charged the suspect Friday, alleging he choked the priest to death while parked off the interstate.
A photo from the 1980s of the Rev. Larry Johnson.
Murder charges filed Friday allege a St. Paul man strangled a 76-year-old priest on the side of Interstate 94 Thursday while en route to a mental health evaluation with the suspect telling police voices told him to commit the act.
Ramsey County prosecutors charged Nathan Thomas Wondra, 32, of St. Paul with second-degree murder in the killing of the Rev. Lawrence Johnson. Authorities arrested Wondra moments after he said voices told him to strangle Johnson in order to “save humanity.”
Wondra appeared in court Friday and is scheduled for another hearing Monday. His bail is set at $2 million. State court records show no civil commitments for Wondra related to his mental health.
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St. Paul man charged in I-94 killing: He said voices told him to strangle 76-year-old priest
Authorities charged the suspect Friday, alleging he choked the priest to death while parked off the interstate.
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