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Police investigate 3 in triple killings
Cops stop short of calling them suspects; one in jail on charges in 2005 homicide
BY MARA H. GOTTFRIED
Pioneer Press
Article Last Updated: 04/03/2007 11:37:15 PM CDT
A career criminal set free last year after a federal prosecutor failed to follow routine procedures during a gun trial is one of three "people of interest" in a St. Paul triple homicide, police said Tuesday.
Police stopped short of labeling Tyvarus Lindsey, 25, and the other two men suspects in the March 23 shooting deaths of an insurance claims analyst, her fiance and her teenage daughter during a North End robbery.
The announcement indicated investigators have made progress toward solving a crime that stunned the city.
But it also raises questions about why Lindsey was not behind bars the day robbers broke into a Burgess Street home and shot Maria McLay, 32, her fiance, Otahl "Telly" Saunders, 31, and her 15-year-old daughter, Brittany Kekedakis.
In the past two years, Lindsey has been in position to being charged or convicted in several serious crimes.
Weeks after a man was slain in April 2005, police found photos of Lindsey posing with the victim's jewelry. Lindsey was not charged in that homicide until Monday. Prosecutors did not have enough evidence to charge him until police presented new information in recent days, a Ramsey County attorney's office spokesman said Tuesday.
Last year, Lindsey was indicted and arrested on a federal gun charge. He was jailed until November, when a judge acquitted him after a prosecutor did not present key evidence.
Lindsey was jailed again in January, this time on suspicion of killing a man in December.
He was released without being charged. Police said Lindsey remains a suspect in that killing, but they are waiting for DNA tests and other evidence before seeking charges.
Just weeks before the Burgess Street killings, Lindsey became a person of interest in a March 8 shooting at Costello's Bar Grill on Selby Avenue. Police said they have not arrested anyone because the victim would not cooperate with investigators and has disappeared.
Prosecutors have succeeded in convicting Lindsey in the past. In six years, he has been convicted six times on drug and theft charges.
"I would characterize him as a violent and dangerous person," said Tom Walsh, a St. Paul police spokesman.
Police arrested Lindsey on Saturday on suspicion of the 2005 shooting death of Leon Brooks. He was charged with second-degree murder and was being held at the Ramsey County jail on $500,000 bail. Lindsey declined a Pioneer Press interview request Tuesday.
Police said they have spoken with Lindsey and the other two people of interest in the triple homicide but would need more evidence before making arrests. Police would not say whether the other men were in custody.
There are some similarities between the April 24, 2005, killing of Brooks and the Burgess Street slayings, Walsh said.
"As a result of that, we're certainly looking at him in regard to the incident on Burgess," he said.
Similarities include the apparent motive of robbery in both cases and the high level of violence, Walsh said. There was also "close contact" between the suspect or suspects when they shot the victims, he said.
Several suspects broke into McLay's home and demanded money and drugs, according to a family friend, though police haven't confirmed that account. Relatives of the three victims said they don't believe the killings were drug related.
The Ramsey County attorney's office also charged Vincent Lanarde Smith, 25, in Brooks' death. About three weeks after Brooks was killed, police found photographs of the two men posing with a watch and ring stripped from the victim's body, according to a criminal complaint in the case.
Police have arrested Lindsey more than 20 times since 2000. He has a propensity for running from police, who once found him hiding under a bed, according to previous Ramsey County criminal complaints.
Lindsey is a confirmed gang member, according to the Metro Gang Strike Force, which tracks gang activity.
Police are asking the news media not to publish Lindsey's mug shot because they are using his picture in photo lineups.
A federal grand jury indicted Lindsey in May for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Before Lindsey's trial began in November, the defense had orally agreed to admit that the weapon at issue had crossed state lines - a key factor in the case against Lindsey.
But Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Dees never gave the defense attorney a document to sign that laid out that fact and didn't read it into the record.
Also, the defense signed a document acknowledging Lindsey was a felon, another important element of the gun charge. Again, Dees didn't read it into the record.
If Dees had read the agreements into evidence, he would have needed to prove only that Lindsey had knowingly possessed the firearm.
After Dees rested his case, the defense made a routine motion that Lindsey be acquitted because of insufficient evidence.
The judge dismissed the case and acquitted Lindsey.
A former federal prosecutor said previously that it appears Dees may have made a mistake.
The U.S. attorney's office in Minneapolis has declined to comment on the case in the past, and a spokeswoman didn't return a call Tuesday seeking comment.
Mara H. Gottfried covers St. Paul public safety. She can be reached at mgottfried@pioneerpress.com or 651-228-5262.
HOW TO HELP
St. Paul police ask anyone with information on the March 23 slayings to call 651-291-1111. A reward of more than $20,000 is being offered.
TYVARUS LINDSEY: KEY DATES
April 24, 2005 - Leon Brooks is fatally shot at Selby Avenue and Chatsworth Street. Weeks later, police find photos of Lindsey displaying the victim's jewelry.
May 9, 2006 - A federal grand jury indicts Lindsey for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Nov. 17, 2006 - A judge acquits Lindsey after a prosecutor fails to present critical evidence.
Dec. 27, 2006 - William Washington is shot to death in the Summit-University neighborhood in what police say might have been a drug-related homicide.
Jan. 24, 2007 - Lindsey is arrested on suspicion of homicide in Washington's death. He is later released without being charged.
March 8 - A man is shot at Costello's Bar Grill on Selby Avenue.
March 23 - Otahl "Telly" Saunders, his fiancee, Mariah McLay, and her 15-year-old daughter, Brittany Kekedakis, are fatally shot in their home on Burgess Street.
Saturday - Police arrest Lindsey in St. Paul.
Monday - Lindsey is charged with second-degree murder in the 2005 shooting.
Tuesday - Police name Lindsey as a "person of interest" in the Burgess Street slayings and the Costello's shooting.
Take a drive around the neighborhood of this crime and you will see an amazing number of vacant homes. Vacant properties create blight and crime, yet the city has been vigorously making homes vacant. When are the City leaders going to get the message that it would be far more beneficial to the neighborhood to see that these properties are occupied by responsible people (meaning you arrest the criminals to remove them from the homes) than to make them vacant?
City leaders are going to get the message when you vote them out of office in November. This year it is especially important that you make every effort to vote and replace these corrupt officials with honest people.
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