Less than two weeks after being formally charged in Goodhue County District Court, Tanner Jess Rix pleaded guilty to second-degree murder with intent, according to a news release from the Goodhue County Attorney’s Office.

“Mr. Rix pled guilty to intentionally causing the death of Angel Christina Lynn Linderman in Goodhue County, Minnesota, on September 8, 2014, by shooting her with a .22 caliber revolver after the two individuals argued while seated together in Ms. Linderman’s car,” the release states.

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Rix, 23, formerly of Lake City, was charged with two counts of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and possessing a pistol with a previous conviction Oct. 8 - 13 months after he called authorities and was found near Baldwin, Wisconsin, with the body of 28-year-old Linderman concealed in the front seat of the car.

After initial charges of first-degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse were filed in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, in September 2014, Rix told investigators in March he shot Linderman near Red Wing on Sept. 8.

Rix faces a maximum prison sentence of 40 years for the second-degree murder charge. Sentencing is scheduled for 1 p.m. Nov. 13.



