Alexis Saborit.Photo: Scott County Sheriff’s Office
Saborit was found guilty of the “felony count of Murder – 1st Degree – Premeditated,” added the court documents. His review hearing is scheduled for June 1.
ABC Newsreported that County Attorney Ron Hocevar anticipates Saborit will now be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
“The Court finds proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Defendant caused the death of America Thayer,” Judge Caroline H. Lennon stated in the court records.
She added that witnesses saw “Thayer alive with Defendant in her Chrysler 300 sedan at about 2:00 p.m. in Shakopee’s Memorial Park. Approximately 30 minutes later, multiple witnesses saw a man attacking a woman in a Chrysler 300 sedan in the intersection of Spencer Street and Fourth Avenue in Shakopee, roughly a mile from Memorial Park.”
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Other witnesses then “saw a man standing outside of the open passenger door striking the victim with a hand weight,” she continued, adding that they “saw the man chopping at the front passenger seat with a large knife and then pull a decapitated body and severed head out of the vehicle.”
“The Defendant used a dumbbell to strike Thayer in the head and a machete to decapitate her,” continued Lennon. “The nature of the assault is proof of the Defendant’s intent to cause Thayer’s death.”
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According to arelease from the Shakopee Police Departmentin July 2021, officers responded to a call of a stabbing between Fourth Avenue and Spencer Street. Thayer was later discovered with “stab wounds” and pronounced dead at the scene on a sidewalk in Shakopee, Minnesota.
“Officers quickly apprehended 42-year-old Alexis Saborit of Shakopee on suspicion of second-degree murder,” added the release.
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“Thayer wanted to end the relationship, and Defendant knew she wanted to ‘get rid of him,'” the court document added.
Speaking toSW News Mediain 2021,Thayer’s coworkers at MyPillow detailed the devastating impact of her brutal murder.
“I went there today and went to the store and got her a rose and a teddy bear to put on her desk,” said Jamie Worley. “When I got there I didn’t even look at any other of my co-workers. I just stood at her desk with my head down. Everyone was just crying. It was a very emotional day and it still is.”
Thayer’s friend of five years, Nicky Kendrick, also described Thayer as “soft-spoken, so funny and always had amazing stories.”
“She was just truly the kindest to everyone. I haven’t met anyone as genuinely kind as America was since my late grandma,” Kendrick told the outlet. “I’m devastated, it’s unreal and I just have no words.”
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source: people.com
