Judge rejects efforts to toss out high-profile murder case due to negative publicity

The Brief

  • A Hennepin County judge has rejected a motion to dismiss a murder case against Lyndon Wiggins.
  • Wiggins and his defense attorney, Sarah Gad, have been linked to a jailhouse drug investigation involving fentanyl-laced paperwork seized behind bars.
  • He is charged as the mastermind of the 2019 murder of local real estate agent and mom Monique Baugh.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) A Hennepin County Judge rejected defense arguments to dismiss the murder case against Lyndon Wiggins because of negative publicity.

Sarah Gad drug investigation

What we know:

The case has been linked to a jailhouse drug investigation involving the trafficking of fentanyl-soaked paperwork behind bars.

Wiggins’ defense attorney, Sarah Gad had her home, and a cell phone searched as part of the probe. On Tuesday, Gad argued the murder case should be tossed out.

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