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Teen accused of randomly murdering Minnesota executive 'just going about her daily business' now charged as adult, identified
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2023-05-12 04:41:54 UTC
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No mercy, kill the nigger.
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Julia Li (Image via Facebook), Melvin Dump Williams (Ramsey County
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More than a year after a Minnesota businesswoman was shot in the back of
the head and killed while driving home with groceries for a dinner party,
the teenager accused of murdering her at random will face charges as an
adult.

Melvin Dump Williams, 15 years old at the time of the shooting and now 16,
was charged Monday as an adult with second-degree murder in the shooting
of 34-year-old Yuliya “Julia” Li, a marketing executive with H.B. Fuller
who grew up in Kazakhstan and moved to Minnesota in 2007.

On Feb. 16, 2022, the St. Paul Police Department announced that it was
conducting a homicide investigation in Payne-Phalen neighborhood.

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“Callers to the Ramsey County Emergency Communications Center reported a
shooting on the 1000 block of Payne Avenue at about 6:45 p.m. Officers
rushed to the scene and found a woman inside a vehicle suffering from a
gunshot wound,” cops said. “The officers rendered aid and called for Saint
Paul Fire medics, who responded and transported the victim to Regions
Hospital. She died a short time later.”

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The victim of St. Paul’s seventh 2022 homicide was later identified as
Julia Li. The University of Minnesota graduate was married and liked to
listen to jazz while playing cards, according to the Star Tribune. Li
reportedly rose to the role of global business director at H.B. Fuller,
where she started working in 2017.

After the shooting, cops said that they were looking for witnesses and for
surveillance video from the area. The search for the evidence led to
investigators to a video showing a Ford Taurus driver pulling up behind
Li’s Mercedes-Benz and opening fire as the victim tried turning left at
the intersection of Payne Avenue and Cook Avenue, the Pioneer Press
reported.

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Additional video from later on allegedly showed Melvin Williams’ “clearly
visible” face as he got out of the Ford Taurus at the Cedar Park apartment
complex where he lived. Cellphone data allegedly placed Williams at the
shooting scene, as well.

Williams was arrested days after the shooting, but the teen with a
reported “lengthy criminal history” was not named until Monday, when his
case was moved to adult court.

A spokesperson for St. Paul Police previously told media that Julia Li
“was just going about her daily business when she was shot.”

“There’s nothing to indicate she knew or had ever interacted with the
suspect in this case,” St. Paul Police Department spokesperson Steve
Linders reportedly said.

Williams remains in the custody of Ramsey County. His bail was reportedly
set at $500,000.

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2023-05-15 20:35:47 UTC
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Just kill the fuck. Don't even put him in jail for a day. Kill him.
A Minnesota man was convicted of first-degree murder Thursday for
beheading his girlfriend in front of several witnesses. Alexis Saborit,
44, was found guilty in the slaying of America Thayer, 56, in July 2021.

In her ruling, the judge found the "nature of the assault" proved Saborit
intended to kill Thayer, and that his possession of the machete, threats
made prior to the killing and "tumultuous" relationship "marked by
frequent arguments and accusations of abuse" showed premeditation, CBS
Minnesota reported.


The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that Saborit struck Thayer with an 8-
pound dumbbell while they were in a vehicle near downtown Shakopee, then
he decapitated her with a machete.

People in other cars and nearby homes saw the attack. One of them shot a
video that appeared to show Saborit pull Thayer's body out of the car into
the street then pick up her head by the hair.

Saborit and Thayer were on the way to his court appearance for felony
charges alleging that he set fire to their apartment in Shakopee during a
confrontation with police and that Saborit attacked Thayer after she told
him she wanted to end their relationship.

Saborit fled the scene and disposed of the machete along the way. He was
arrested about 1 œ miles away near the TraveLodge Hotel where he was
staying.

County Attorney Ron Hocevar said he was pleased with the verdict, and that
he expects Saborit to be sentenced to life in prison without the
possibility of parole.

"My mom never deserved to have this happen in the first place," Thayer's
42-year-old son, Charles Thayer, said after the verdict, the Star Tribune
reported. "This monster deserves to be put away for life."

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