Minnesota Supreme Court upholds Nicholas Firkus’s conviction
FOX 9 · Katie Wermus · February 25, 2026
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2010 · St. Paul, Minnesota
Heidi Firkus
Two emergency calls and a decade-long investigation
Heidi Firkus died in her St. Paul home in April 2010 after an emergency call reporting an attempted break-in. Her husband Nicholas told police an intruder had shot them both. The investigation examined that account alongside the couple’s financial circumstances. A jury convicted Nicholas of premeditated murder in 2023, and he received life imprisonment without release. Minnesota’s Supreme Court upheld the conviction in February 2026, concluding that the circumstantial evidence supported the verdict.
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Minnesota Supreme Court upholds Nicholas Firkus’s conviction
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State v. Nicholas Firkus — 2021 criminal complaint
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