AND The man from Minnesota accused of killing two of his romantic partners, cutting them up and dumping them in warehouses, recently entered a guilty plea.
Joseph Jorgenson pleaded guilty to murder on Thursday missing women Manijeh “Mani” Starren and Fanta Xayavong, whose remains were found in warehouses in 2023, according to a FOX 9 report.
He also pleaded guilty to two separate counts of second-degree indictment intentional homicide.
Joseph Jorgenson pleaded guilty Thursday to the murders of missing women Manijeh “Mani” Starren and Fante Xayavong.
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Jorgenson admitted to killing Starren in her apartment after she asked him to leave in April 2023.
He “strangled her until she was no longer breathing”, before using a long razor blade dismember her body and moving the remains to the Woodbury warehouse, according to the report.
Joseph Jorgenson pleaded guilty to the murders of Manijeh “Mani” Starren and Fanta Xayavong, whose remains were found dismembered. (iStock)
Jorgenson also admitted to killing Xayavong two years ago, after a “verbal argument escalated into a physical confrontation” at their home, according to FOX 9. After dismembering her body, he moved the remains to a Coon Rapids storage facility.
“She is our beautiful daughter. She had a heart of gold and was really good mom,” Ricki Starren, Mani’s mother, told FOX 9 after the plea hearing. “Yeah, he’s a monster. But I feel bad for his family.”
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He faces a total of 40 years in prison for both deaths, according to officials.
Fox 9’s Paul Blume contributed to this story.
