MINNEAPOLIS— A 33-year-old man is suspected of fatally stabbing a person during an action home invasion in northeast Minneapolis pleaded not guilty nearly two years ago Monday.
Franklin White was charged with second-degree murder for the death of 32-year-old Ryan Peterson on August 12, 2022.
Early the morning of the murder, dispatchers received a panicked call from a woman about a man who had broken into her home in the 1800 block of Arthur Street Northeast and attacked her husband.
According to the complaint, the woman was heard begging “Franklin” to get rid of her husband.
The woman later told investigators she knew White from high school. She had obtained a restraining order against him after he tried to break into her parents’ home.
When officers arrived on scene, they said they saw a gray Hyundai with Ohio license plates, believed to be driven by White, backing out of the driveway. They tried to stop the car, but it disappeared from the scene.
White was arrested in Wisconsin later that same day. Officers who arrested him said they saw blood in his hair and what appeared to be an injury to one of his hands.
In November 2022, White was found to be incompetent to stand trial, but in March this year the court overturned that decision.
If convicted, White could serve up to 40 years.
White’s next court hearing is scheduled for August 15.
