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Maplewood police are fielding tips from across the country about the whereabouts of Todd Larry Tennin,but the felon suspected of killing his wife
remains at large.
Police say Tennin fatally shot 41-year-old April Tennin after the two argued in their Maplewood home early Sunday morning,and then he fled.
His car was found that night in Brooklyn Park.A second vehicle he is suspected of driving was located in Minneapolis the following morning.Tennin
has not been charged in Tennin's slaying.
With a criminal past that includes assault and illegally possessing guns,police say the 31-year-old may be armed and dangerous.He was most
recently released from prison in May 2014.
"The tips are coming in from all over the place about where he might be,and we are checking on all of them....He is just as likely local as not local
at this point,"said Maplewood Police Chief Paul Schnell.
Police also have reason to believe Todd Tennin,who goes by Larry,is receiving help locally,Schnell said.Those who continue to offer him aid
could face criminal charges,he added.
"If people come forward now,obviously we would look favorably on that.... But some of the information we are beginning to pursue indicates some
of the efforts to conceal were purposeful and intentional....So if people don't come forward,we are left with no option but prosecution,"Schnell
said.
April Tennin and Larry Tennin were married last year.The Ramsey County employee had the names of three of her children changed to Tennin
about four months ago.She also had a fourth child who is an adult.
Her death leaves her"family,friends and her long-time co-workers broken and voided,"according to a GoFundMe page set up by her brother to
raise money to help cover tuneral costs.The money will also reportedly help ease the financial struggle now facing April Tennin's children.
"April was nothing short of a wonderful sister,mother(and)wife,"the page says."An innocent life was cut short."
April Tennin landed her most recent job in Ramsey County in 2013,according to county spokesman Allison Wnters.She worked in the financial
assistance division.
Her supervisor,Tina Curry,division director of Financial Assistance Services,described her as a passionate employee who had a particularly soft
spot for teen mothers.
"April wanted teen parents to have a single point of contact,which would allow them to focus on school and be successful.This approach proved to
be very successful....Teen mothers knew they could connect with April,"Curry said in a written statement provided by Winters."(She)will be very
much missed by her colleagues and clients.Our thoughts and sympathy are with her family--particularly her children--during this time."
Her compassion was also highlighted in the conversations police officers have had with those who knew her as they continue to investigate her
death,Schnell said.
"Every description we've been given,whether from neighbors or friends or relatives or people she worked with,was that she was an incredibly
caring woman who cared a great deal for her children and for the people she interacted with,"Schnell said.
Sarah Horner can be reached at 651-228-5539.Follow her at twitter.com/hornsarah.
Anyone with information about Larry Tennin's whereabouts is asked to call Maplewood police at 651-249-2600 or 911.Information can also be
provided anonymously by texting the keyword MAPLEWOOD followed by the tip information to TIP411 (847411).
To give to the April Tennin GoFundMe page,go to www.gofundme.com/h62aq56k.