Heidi Firkus called 911 to report a burglar breaking into her home. Her husband later told police his gun fired while he struggled with the intruder, but something in Nick Firkus' story struck police as odd.
This story originally aired on Dec. 2, 2023.At 6:30 a.m. on April 25, 2010, Heidi Firkus called 911 after her husband, Nick Firkus, said an intruder was breaking into their Saint Paul, Minnesota , home. She was shot and killed. Nick Firkus told investigators that his gun discharged when he struggled with the intruder – but something in his story struck police as odd.'It never felt right,' Sgt.
You know, I know this is a very traumatic situation, OK? And, I'm just going to try and ease into it, OK? Yeah.SGT : OK.According to Nick, he told Heidi someone was trying to break in and to call 911. As she spoke with the dispatcher —HEIDI FIRKUS : Someone's trying to break into my home. They headed downstairs so they could get out of the house.SGT
Gun's here, chest high. SGT. : And then the gun goes off? : You come upstairs, you know, I hate to tell you this but my house, you know … I'm justified in killing you if you come breaking into my house. Just the normal stuff like, ah, you know, stresses about finances and quality time and vacations and all that stuff. SGT.
We are behind on the bills which is a little stressful. … In fact we were planning on moving tomorrow. Um —SGT. It is. And I think the reason is cause we're both kinda dealing with the shame of the whole thing …Gray says his suspicions were raised. And, minutes later, he was struck by the way Nick asked about Heidi.
:, I, you know, part of me wants to ask you this question … Did you have anything to do with this? Why is there a part of you that wants to ask that?SGT. : Kinda like that? : April 27th, 2010. : Alright.Gray says he also doubted Nick's story about the couple's eviction, and a scheduled move the day after Heidi was shot.Sgt. Jim Gray: There didn't appear to be anything boxed up or packaged up to go. … There were a few empty boxes in the dining room area … there was not a grand stack of boxes … or anything for that matter that would lead us to believe that they were going to pack up all in one day.
Oh— RACHEL FIRKUS: When I listen, I think 'this silence kills me.'Rachel Firkus: He's angry at me … How dare I think those things. … Why aren't you saying you didn't? … Tell me I'm not right. Rachel later shared the recordings with Sipes.Sgt. Nichole Sipes: The behavior that he exhibited in his marriage with Rachel was almost duplicative of … how he hid things from Heidi.Elizabeth Lamin: We cannot let this man be out on the street any longer.
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