Matthew Phillip Ecker, 45, from Fergus Falls has been found guilty in the shooting death of his girlfriend in her St. Paul Apartment.
After an eight-day trial it took a Ramsey county jury, just seven hours to convict Ecker, of the Second-Degree Murder of 32-year old Alexandra Lee Penning. Penning was shot in the head on December 16th, 2022, in her St. Paul apartment.
Read the criminal complaint against Ecker Here
Ramsey County District Judge DeAnne Hilgers, who presided over the trial, set sentencing for March 29.
Assistant Ramsey County Attorney Gordan Knoblach, said that Ecker faces a presumptive sentence of 25 and a half years in prison, based on the severity level of the offense and no prior criminal history.