Princess Diana totem pole builder ‘murders’ wife

Carl Muggli allegedly killed wife Linda by dropping a 2,900lbs wooden pole on her as they carved it together in the grounds of their country home.

A man who carved three totem poles used in Princess Diana’s Memorial Garden has been charged with murdering his wife after plotting a new life with his mistress on Facebook. Carl Muggli is said to have killed wife Linda by dropping a 2,900lbs wooden pole on her as they carved it together in the grounds of their country home. In the weeks before her death he allegedly sent a string of messages on Facebook to his mistress telling how he loved her and wanted to move in with her. And on the day before he ‘murdered’ his wife he wrote to his other woman: ‘I want us together to live our lives as we seek…I am yours. We are one!’ Police never stopped looking into Mrs Muggli’s death, which happened last November, and now seven months on they have arrested Muggli, 49. He and his wife, 61, became famous for carving three totem poles which were used in the Indian Village section of Princess Diana’s Memorial Garden in Kensington Gardens, London. They had been working together on the business since 1990 on their property just outside Voyageurs National Park on the carvings which range from 16ft to 50ft. But their idyllic home life in Ray, Minnesota was shattered when Muggli is said to have killed her with one of their totem poles. According to a complaint filed by the Koochiching County Attorney, police arrived on the scene to find the giant carving across her chest and blood pouring from underneath her. She was taken to hospital but died of her injuries on November 26 last year.