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Police investigate slaying of Maplewood
mother; husband considered 'person of
interest'
Associated Press AUGUST 24,2015-8:30AM
MAPLEWOOD,Minn.—Police are investigating the shooting death of a 41-year-old
mother in suburban Maplewood.
Authorities identified her as April Marie Tennin.Police Chief Paul Schnell says
investigators considered her husband a"person of interest"in Sunday's slaying.He says
there was an argument before the shooting.
Police found his vehicle in a north metro city but think he fled in a different vehicle.The
husband was still missing Sunday night.
First responders were called to the home just after 6 a.m.Sunday.Tennin was dead from
an apparent gunshot wound.
Three children ages 12,15 and 1G home at the time.Schnell says the children found their
mother.He says the husband is not their father.
Schnell says investigators have recovered a weapon.