Vance Belter’s wife Jenny called for an attack in which two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses allegedly “betrayed” by their husbands.
The murdered and injured Minnesota legislator was respected all night
Neighbors gathered to honor State Rep. Melissa Hortman and Sen. John Hoffman. Hortman was killed and Hoffman was injured in separate shootings.
The wife and her spouse of the man accused of shooting and killing two Minnesota lawmakers said she was “completely blind” in the attacks allegedly carried out by her husband.
Vance Belter, 57, faces state and federal charges in connection with the murder of state Sen. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, as well as the shooting of State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. Authorities call the attack a targeted “political assassination.”
“We are absolutely shocked, heartbroken and completely blind. This violence is incompatible with our beliefs as a family,” Jenny Belter said in a statement released by his lawyer. “It is all the betrayal of us that is true as a doctrine of the Christian faith.”
According to a federal affidavit, Vance Belter sent multiple text messages to his wife and his family a few hours after the shooting.
According to the affidavit, Vance Belter said in a message to a group chat, including his wife and children.
The affidavit stated that Vance Boerter sent his wife another message saying, “I am not going to explain in words how sorry I am about this situation.”
According to the affidavit, law enforcement used cell phone data to find Boerter’s wife after the shooting. Jenny Belter said law enforcement officials contacted her on the morning of June 14th and voluntarily met her at a nearby gas station.
“We weren’t pulled. We parked and waited until they arrived,” she said in a statement. “When they did, we voluntarily met with them, answered their questions, provided them with all the items they requested, and agreed to cooperate with all the searches.”
When asked about Jenny Belter’s claims, FBI spokesman Cindy Burnham told USA Today, “We cannot share details at this time to maintain the integrity and capabilities of the investigation.”
Officials said Jenny Belter agreed to search her phone and car. She was traveling with her four children to visit friends in the northwest of the Metro area, the federal complaint said.
Inside the car, officers found all of their safe child passports and Jenny Bolters, about $10,000 in cash, a glovebox revolver pistol and another semi-automatic pistol in the cooler, the FBI said in the complaint. She told police that her husband was an end to an end with a “relief” plan in the event of a catastrophe.
Contribution: Michael Loria And Christopher Kang
