Police detain suspected assassin’s wife with cash, passports, weapon, ammunition

The wife of the man suspected of assassinating the former speaker of the Minnesota House and her husband was detained by police about 85 miles north of the Twin Cities riding in a vehicle containing cash, passports, a weapon, and ammunition.

Jennifer Boelter, 51, of Green Isle, Minn., was detained after police stopped the vehicle near Onamia, Minn. Police had been tracking the vehicle, television station KSTP reported. Three relatives of Boelter were also in the vehicle, the station said but did not elaborate.

‘I’m going to be gone for a while. May be dead shortly.’

Meanwhile, a massive manhunt continues for Vance Leroy Boelter, 57, a security company co-owner who police said shot and killed Democrat Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, in

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