Police investigate break-in at home of slain Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman

The house of twin cities where democrat The lecturer of the Minnesota Chamber, Emerita, Melissa Hortman and her husband, were fatally slaughtered Saturday was penetrated in the night on Wednesday, police said.

Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed in their house in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, around 3:30 am on Saturday in what Governor Tim Walz called “political assassination. “”

Brooklyn Park police said the house had been boarded early on Sunday after the investigators dealt with all the evidence on the scene, and family members had deleted the “value elements” of the residence on Tuesday.

“It was discovered that the plywood covering the rear window of the house had been taken and that the broken window for entering,” the police said in a statement published on Wednesday morning.

Police said that investigators from crime premises have started home and that family members say “they don’t believe that something was missing.” Police are still looking for the suspect.

Anyone with information on the break-in, including residents of the neighborhood who have surveillance cameras, are asked to contact the Brooklyn Park police service at 763-493-8222.

The neighbors of Melissa Hortman express disbelief, Sarrow

Jeff Olinyk, a long -standing neighbor from the Hortmans, says that he is indignant by the break -in.

“The one who was interrupted has no respect for the deceased couple who lived here,” said Olinyk. “It is a horrible affair that people would come now and desecrate their memory by entering the house.”

Christine Cole-Finch says that she and her dog Libby would join Melissa Hortman and her dog, Gilbert, during neighborhood walks. Gilbert was also shot in the attack and had to be deposited by the children of the Hortmans.

“It’s horrible. I think it’s really horrible. It is difficult to put words on him,” said Cole-Finch. “Even days later, we still have trouble.”

Some say that burglary has the impression that the Hortmans are attacked again.

“It’s just very disturbing to know that someone would like to enter a house after a tragedy like this,” said neighbor Sarah Abuisnaineh.

While the investigations continue, the neighbors have already started taking care of the courtyard and the Hortmans gardens.

“Melissa really took care of her gardens whenever she did not do her legislative work,” said Olinyk.

And they also take care of the growing memorial in the courtyard before hortmans.

In An interview with CBS NewsMelissa Hortman’s mother Linda Haluptzok said that the pain of her daughter’s death was “lambling of the mind”. His brother, Patrick Haluptzok, says that his family “just tries to get out of it”.

“It has been very difficult in recent days, in what seems unfair and tragic, the way in which his last night has been passed,” said Patrick Haluptzok.

A candle vigil for hortmans is scheduled for Minnesota State Capitol on Wednesday in St. Paul from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., which Governor Tim Walz plans to attend. People are invited to bring their own candles, but do not bring panels.

“This insane violence also came to my door”

The man accused of having killed the Hortmans, Vance Boelter, 57,is in detention and faces accusations of federal murder and state following a manhunt more than 36 hours which, according to the authorities, was the greatest of the kind of state history.

Investigators accuse Boelter of having also fired and seriously injured democratic The senator from the state of Minnesota, John Hoffman, and his wife Yvette Inside their Champlin house for about an hour before killing the Hortmans.

The authorities also believe Boelter visited the houses of two other state legislators in the metro The same morning. The senator from the Ann Rest State, DFL-New Hope, announced on Monday that it had been targeted at home, but Boelter was frightened by a police officer before approaching the residence.

On Wednesday, the representative of the state Kristen Bahner, DFL-Maple Grove, confirmed that she was also targeted on Saturday but was not at home, citing “a divine intervention” which led her family to change their plans.

“This insane violence also came to my door, placing me, me and my family in the manner of evil,” said Bahner. “I don’t know why this man was filled with a hatred that he would come to my door.”

This story will be updated.

Caroline Cummings, Lilia Luciano and Anthony Bettin contributed to this report.