Minnesota Dad Uses Moose Antler To Kill 77-year-old Sex Offender Who Was Stalking Daughter

A father from Minnesota admitted to murdering a sex offender whom he believed had previously stalked his young daughter. The father reportedly used a moose antler to “finish off” the victim.

Using a moose antler and a shovel, a Minnesota father killed a 77-year-old convicted sex offender after accusing the victim of stalking his young daughter.

When Levi Axtell, 27, entered the sheriff’s office to confess to murdering Lawrence Scully, who was imprisoned for molesting a six-year-old girl in 1979, he was covered in blood and had his head in his hands.

Cook County, Minnesota native Axtell had long suspected Scully of parking his car in places where minors were present.

Axtell requested an order of protection against the elderly man in 2018, which was originally approved but later withdrawn.Additionally, according to court documents, Scully was placed in a mental health facility in 2020, but was later released and given anti-psychotic medication.

According to a Friday criminal charge, Axtell repeatedly struck Scully in his apartment with a shovel before “finishing him off” with a large moose antler. He is also thought to have broken Scully’s car window at some time.

According to a criminal complaint, Axtell broke into Scully’s house at around 4.45 p.m. and used a shovel he had found on the victim’s porch to strike him 15-20 times.

According to the lawsuit, Axtell claimed to have used a sizable moose antler to get the job done.

‘Defendant said he had known (Scully) for a long time, and believed him to have sexually offended against children in the past,’ it states.

‘Defendant said he had observed (Scully) parked in his vehicle at locations where children were present and believed he would re-offend.’Around 5 p.m. on Wednesday, a Cook County sheriff’s officer entered the building and discovered Scully, who had suffered “major head trauma” and was “surrounded by blood,” adding that he was “obviously dead.”

As he confessed to the murder, the father entered the police station covered in blood and holding his head in his hands.

Scully had arm wounds from self-defense, according to a medical examiner.

A neighbor saw a van pull up at Scully’s house, smash a car, and then flee home, so they both called 911 to report the incident.

According to the witness, screaming was heard.

Scully was 33 years old when he was imprisoned in Minnesota for molesting a six-year-old child.He pleaded guilty and was given a term of between 0 and 5 years in Minnesota’s Bayport State Prison.

He stayed behind bars until he filed a post-conviction relief petition on December 31, 1981.

According to a hearing document, the state had not provided any proof that he would be a risk to the public.

He submitted a petition to run for mayor of Grand Marais, Minnesota, in 2014.

However, by 2018, he was once more the subject of accusations of sexual misconduct involving minors.

Axtell requested a restraining order that year, claiming that his child was being followed.’They do not know each other,’ he wrote in the petition.

‘The respondent waits for the victim to go on walks from daycare and tries to talk to her. … He has been there many times stalking children in his van.’

‘I have seen him parked right next to the school. … He is a convicted pedophile and him stalking and attempting to groom my daughter is completely inappropriate and needs to stop.’

Judge Michael Cuzzo temporarily granted the request, banning Scully from traveling within six blocks of Axtell’s home.

However, Cuzzo later stated that “the allegations are not proven true,” so a permanent order was denied.

Axtell only had one arrest on his record, which was for illegal property damage.

Scully was the subject of allegations, according to Sheriff Pat Eliasen, but an investigation ‘didn’t uncover anything.

A woman thought to be Axtell’s sister claimed on Saturday that the family was getting ready to start an online fundraising campaign to assist with the investigation and that they had gotten a lot of support from the community.

‘I am overwhelmed by the amount of support I am seeing online right now in light of Wednesday’s tragedy,’ Katrina Axtell wrote on Facebook.

‘When a community member is in crisis we often feel at a loss for how to support them. When words don’t feel like enough, it can be easy to err on the side of silence out of a desire to respect the privacy of the family involved.’’I would like to welcome you to share your words in support of Levi and our family.’

She added: ‘My hope is that both families involved and the Cook County community as a whole can come together to support one another, hear one another, and heal together.’According to Minnesota court documents, Scully was committed to a mental hospital in July 2020 but was released the following year.

The court approved the use of antipsychotic drugs in June 2021.