Suicide Suspect Told Police to "Put a bullet" In his family's heads if Trump took power
DULUTH, Minn. — New information has come to light, regarding the murder-suicide that claimed five lives last week in West Duluth.
The suspect, Anthony Nephew, was open about his mental health, even penning a 2021 Community Op-Ed in the Duluth News Tribune about his journey and the need for more public support for those who suffer from mental illness. In the Nephew wrote, "For millions of Americans, a breakdown leads to suicide— or homicide before suicide."
Three years later, his two sons, their mothers, and he are the subject of that exact scenario.
More recent public records appear to show that there were concerns over Nephew's mental health.
Duluth police records describe a troubling mental health call from last July, responding to the 4401 West 6th Street home Nephew shared with his wife, Kathryn Ramsland, and his son, Oliver Nephew.
An officer responding to the call made contact with an unnamed party who was crying and said that Anthony had attacked them. The party urged officers that Nephew needed to take his medications and get help.
When officers spoke with Nephew, he was described as cooperative, saying that he has schizophrenia and wanted to go to the hospital.
Nephew claimed that since a recent medication change, voices were telling him that Trump was going to take over the world, and he needed to kill his family to protect them.
When officers took him to the hospital, Nephew stated he had held a knife to the throat of someone that night, but the name is redacted from the report.
Before the officers left the hospital, Nephew also asked an officer to "come back after midnight if Trump does take over and put a bullet in his head and his families."
Duluth police say that the investigation remains ongoing, pending the medical examiner's report.
