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Shakopee beheading case headed toward mental illness verdict

Jan 19, 2023 08:46AM ● By Content Editor

Photo: Scott Rodgerson

By Lou Raguse - KARE 11 News - January 16, 2023

It was a disgusting, unthinkable crime.

America Thayer, a 51-year-old woman, was beaten to death and beheaded, her body dumped on the side of a busy Shakopee street.

Her boyfriend, Alexis Saborit, who was charged and later indicted for first-degree premeditated murder.


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