Search underway for man accused of killing pregnant wife while on parole for murder

A hunt is underway for a Minnesota man who was precocious paroled for execution aft he was charged pinch sidesplitting his pregnant woman and linked to different shooting

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A hunt is underway for a Minnesota man who was precocious paroled for execution aft he was charged pinch sidesplitting his pregnant woman and linked to different shooting.

Mychel Stowers, 36, is charged pinch 2 counts of second-degree execution successful nan Oct. 19 shooting that killed 35-year-old Damara Alexis Kirkland, who was astir 2 months pregnant.

Officers responding to reports of gunfire recovered Kirkland’s assemblage crumpled connected nan floor. There were ultrasound photos successful nan flat and a missive addressed to Stowers successful nan mailbox, according to nan connection of probable origin revenge Thursday.

Stowers had been paroled from situation successful March connected a second-degree execution complaint successful nan 2008 shooting decease of a St. Paul man. He was connected activity merchandise and surviving astatine a halfway house, but he had been granted a walk to sojourn a female described successful nan probable origin connection arsenic his ex-wife connected nan time of nan shooting.

Stowers revenge for divorcement successful June, though it doesn't look it had been finalized, different tribunal records show.

The proprietor of nan flat said Kirkland’s estranged hubby was surviving pinch her, which wasn’t allowed because he wasn't connected nan lease. The proprietor said she was being evicted, nan connection said.

Minutes aft Kirkland's shooting was reported, officers responded to a adjacent carjacking and recovered a 36-year-old man connected nan ground, wounded. The man said he near keys successful nan ignition of his car pinch nan motor moving while he sewage retired to propulsion trash into nan garbage.

He said a man matching Stowers' explanation past approached and changeable him, pinch nan slug breaking his femur. The gunman besides fired astatine personification who was pinch nan victim, but missed.

The shooter ran disconnected but past returned and stole nan vehicle, nan connection said. A preliminary study shows nan weapon utilized successful nan carjacking was nan aforesaid 1 utilized successful Kirkland’s shooting.

Later that day, an worker pinch nan Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office received a telephone from Stowers. Stowers told nan worker that he had conscionable changeable personification and wanted to move himself in, nan connection said.

But he hasn't done so, and nan stolen conveyance was recovered Thursday successful a parking lot, nan connection said.