*Another day and unfortunately, another murder to report. In Minneapolis, a man has been arrested for taking the life of a young mother and realtor on New Year’s Eve.
Cedric Lamont Berry, 41, was arrested by Minneapolis police and booked into the Hennepin County Adult Detention Center on probable cause murder in the death of Monique Baugh.
Police said the investigation into Baugh’s death remains active.
Here’s more via 5 Eyewitness News:
Officers responded to the 1300 block of Russell Avenue North in Minneapolis at about 6:38 p.m. after a ShotSpotter report. According to a search warrant application, Baugh, a young mother and realtor, was found with multiple gunshot wounds and duct tape around one of her wrists.
A witness told police he saw a U-Haul vehicle drive north in the alley where Baugh was found. Just an hour before Baugh was found, police responded to a shooting near 48th Avenue N. and Humboldt Avenue N. The victim of that shooting was Baugh’s boyfriend, the affidavit states.
It also states investigation revealed Baugh had scheduled a home showing in Maple Grove before she was killed. Video from across the street shows her vehicle arriving at the residence, and after the U-Haul vehicle passes the house a person walks into the home. The U-Haul then pulled up to the house and backed up to the garage doors, the affidavit states. Investigators said they believe the video shows Baugh being escorted into the back of the U-Haul before it drives away.
Investigators also learned the person who scheduled the showing with Baugh reached out to her directly to schedule it, not through the realty firm, which led investigators to believe the suspect may have called her cellphone, the warrant application states.
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The report also said that surveillance video from a house near the murder scene showed a U-Haul leaving the area, and after it was returned by the renter, a search of the U-Haul showed zip ties in the back storage area and duct tape packaging in the front door. The affidavit states when investigators spoke to the person who rented the U-Haul and her fiance, the renter said she had rented it for her drug dealer, which her fiance also confirmed. Police said the drug dealer they identified is a rival drug dealer of Baugh’s boyfriend.
As far as the drug dealer, identified only as C.B. in the affidavit, he was later arrested. Minneapolis authorities also seized his smartphone and laptop.
Meanwhile, you can hear from Monique Bough’s mother and get the rest of this story at 5 Eyewitness News.
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