Husband charged with wife's murder 11 years after fatal home shooting

A Minnesota man has been charged with the murder of his wife 11 years after she was shot and killed in their home.

A Minnesota man has been charged with the murder of his wife 11 years after she was shot and killed in their home. Nicholas James Firkus, 38, was arrested Wednesday and charged with second-degree intentional murder in the death of his wife, Heidi Firkus, on April 25, 2010. At the time, he told police that an intruder broke into their home, grabbed his shotgun and shot them both, according to an arrest warrant that was unsealed Thursday. The Saint Paul Police Department has been investigating the homicide ever since. During a press briefing Thursday, Ramsey County Attorney John Choi credited the involvement of the FBI, a new homicide investigator on the case offering a "fresh set of eyes" and the enhancement of a 911 call from the morning of the murder in leading to an arrest. "This is like putting together a giant puzzle, and sometimes it just takes a lot of time to bring in different pieces, and to look at that and to be able to have somebody new try to find the right piece," Michael Krause, assistant special agent at the Minneapolis field office for the FBI, told reporters.