Man sentenced to life in prison for murder of Minneapolis real estate agent

The Brief

  • Lyndon Wiggins will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being sentenced for the murder of Minneapolis real estate agent Monique Baugh.
  • Wiggins was sentenced on Monday after being convicted for a second time in the case last month.
  • Prosecutors said Wiggins was the mastermind of the plot to kidnap and murder Baugh.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) Lyndon Wiggins, the man convicted of plotting to kidnap and kill a Minneapolis real estate agent and mother on New Year’s Eve 2019, was sentenced to life behind bars on Monday without the possibility of parole.

Lyndon Wiggins sentenced

What we know:

In court on Monday, Wiggins faced a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for his role in the murder of Monique Baugh.

Before handing down that sentence, Judge Mark Kappelhoff told Wiggins he showed no regard for the lives of Baugh or her partner during the scheme that resulted in Baugh’s murder.

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