The father had also previously filed for an order of protection in 2018 against Scully which was granted, but ultimately dropped for unknown reasons a few weeks later.Īccording to The Associated Press, there had also been recent allegations against Scully, but investigations yielded nothing. He also said that he had known Scully for a long time and believed that he had “sexually offended against children in the past.”Īxtell said he observed Scully in a vehicle at various locations where children were present and strongly “believed he would re-offend.” He was then arraigned on Friday on a second-degree murder charge.Īxtell had believed that 77-year-old Lawrence Scully, who had previously been convicted of molesting a 6-year old girl in 1979, was stalking his toddler daughter.Īccording to Fox News, the 27-year-old had been suspicious of Scully believing that he was stalking his daughter at her day care.
According to court documents, 27-year-old Levi Axtell, turned himself in to Minnesota authorities, and said that he had beaten a man with a shovel 15 to 20 times, and then “finished him off” by using a moose antler.