Second defendant in Inver Grove Heights ‘erotic massage’ murder also pleads guilty
A 25-year-old Minneapolis woman who gave an erotic massage to an Inver Grove Heights man, who then was fatally shot by her co-defendant after he refused to pay up, pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree intentional murder, according to court documents.
The plea by Fotini Anest West came three days after the shooter — Logan David Slack — entered his guilty plea to the same charge in connection with the Sept. 24 killing of 43-year-old Michael Chang-Beom Lee at his home.
West entered a Norgaard plea, stating she could not remember the circumstances of the murder but that she reasonably believed the prosecution had sufficient evidence to obtain a conviction.
Slack, 25, of Minneapolis, told police he shot Lee once in the back after West told him that Lee assaulted her and wouldn’t pay for an erotic massage she had just given him, according to charges. Slack said he shot Lee to stop him from calling 911 and so he could get his phone to ensure electronic payment for the massage.
Slack and West both are scheduled to be sentenced May 3 in Dakota County District Court.
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