Grand Marais Man Charged For Deadly Beating
(Grand Marais, MN) – A Grand Marais man is facing charges for the deadly beating of a 77-year-old man. Twenty-seven-year-old Levi Axtell is being held on a one-billion dollar bail after being charged with second-degree murder for Lawrence Scully’s death. Axtell allegedly killed Scully with a shovel and a moose antler, then confessed to the authorities. Court documents say Axtell believed Scully, who was previously convicted of child sexual assault, was stalking his daughter.
