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Page 1: Official Matthew Pellegrini Press Release

Contact: Tami InkleyPhone 314-608-8455Fax [email protected]

Shooting Victim: Matthew Pellegrini

Press ReleaseShooter @ Point Blank Range Pleads “Manslaughter”; Claims Victim “Asked to be Shot”

Is it an “involuntary action” to kill someone at point blank range? MO Thinks So…

First Hearing March 1st

Introduction: As the mother of shooting victim Matthew Pellegrini, I am compelled to

appeal to the community at large, via the press, popular media, advocacy organizations, as

well as to all local, state, and federal governing agencies regarding the senseless killing of my

18 year old son.

Objective: To question the validity and or impede the progress of the plea

bargain being offered by The State of MO vs. Kevin Beindorff, in regards to the proper

implementation of judicial use of ethical rationale for retributive justice.

See Complaint: http://www.circuitattorney.com/docs/Beindorff%20PC.pdf

KEY POINT: Should there be a question of whether or not an 18 year old victim

“asked” to be shot? Does supposed “compliance” excuse such decisive action?

KEY POINT: Prosecution charged 2nd Degree Murder & Armed Criminal Action, Trial

by Jury. Grand jury returned “Involuntary” Manslaughter. Why plead at seven years when this

could, and should have gone to trial, when there is nothing “involuntary” about shooting and

killing a “friend” at point blank range?

KEY POINT: Prosecuting Attorney’s office / State of MO, did not (to our knowledge)

obtain a Forensic Psychiatric Evaluation on perpetrator, nor did they solicit victim’s family for

interview, prior to offering Mr. Beindorff a soft plea bargain.

KEY POINT: Mr. Beindorff’s gun was fully loaded & not registered.

KEY POINT: Mr. Beindorff has a pre-existing criminal record including probation for a

suspended charge of driving while intoxicated, & marijuana possession.

KEY POINT: Mr. Biendorff’s toxicology reports obtained & considered?

Matthew Pellegrini Press Release: Available for Immediate Release 2/27/13

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KEY POINT: One witness. A convicted felon, was a friend of Mr. Beindorff’s, that the

victim had only met that day, and claims to have been “too intoxicated” to report on what

happened.

KEY POINT: Prosecuting Attorney’s office informed victim’s family that the witness and

perpetrator disposed of the shell casings, and openly debated “throwing his body in the river”

instead of taking him to the ER.

KEY POINT: Case originally received international media attention. The public was

openly supportive of the victim.

KEY POINT: Victim was an organ donor and assisted at least four people with his

selflessness.

IMPRESSION: Missouri is often dubbed “The State to Watch”, and sets

precedents for other states. Such a soft sentence in the current climate is morally,

judiciously, & nationally irresponsible. Fiscally, as well. St. Louis has maintained it’s

ominous position at the top of the USA’s “Most Dangerous Cities to Live In” list for a

reason. This has created a backlash of new corporations no longer bringing their influx

of jobs into our local economy, as well as many corporations having bailed out on

Missouri altogether. Currently, St. Louis has many needed city revitalization projects

underway, which will be for nothing if we don’t protect the people who live there. At

least ten percent of city residents and even more businesses leave yearly. Now is the

time for Missouri to finally take a stand and hold those who indiscriminately kill others

accountable. Perhaps this will help bring down our impressive crime rate and restore

the local economy. Such soft sentences certainly won’t provide good faith to those

considering Missouri for their corporate relocations, nor maintaining them. Not

requiring a psychiatric evaluation for those charged with Murder and Armed Criminal

Action is unconscionable. Gun control is an issue of epic proportions, and the story of

my son allows for valuable insight as to why. If this plea is accepted, Mr. Beindorff

could be on the streets of Anywhere, USA in seven years, quite possibly mentally

unstable with an unregistered gun and an unrepentant heart. If this is “okay” with

everyone, let’s just hope he doesn’t befriend your child next. With his defense, Mr.

Beindorff has inadvertently proclaimed himself the St. Louis Kevorkian. Please take a

stand for Matthew, a non-suicidal young man just starting his life, the State of Missouri,

and the State of the Nation. Guns do not belong in the hands of people who abuse

drugs, have criminal records, or are otherwise proven mentally unstable. Rational gun

control along with proper justice served, that’s all we ask to protect The People of the

United States of America.


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