Robbinsdale man sentenced to 40 years for killing ex-girlfriend
Erik Eggleston (Hennepin County Jail)
A Robbinsdale man has been sentenced to four decades behind bars for the 2020 murder of his ex-girlfriend.
Court documents show that 40-year-old Erik Paul Eggleston was sentenced to 40 years (480 months) at the St. Cloud Correctional Facility for the death of 29-year-old Nigar Mammadzada. Eggleston received 531 days credit for time already served.
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Mammadzada’s mother found her daughter dead with multiple shotgun wounds when she came home from work on Nov. 12, 2020, according to a criminal complaint. Mammadzada’s mother told police she suspected Eggleston killed her daughter because they’d recently broken up, and Eggleston had the code to get into the garage.