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Belcourt, North Dakota man sentenced to life in prison

January 28, 2025

Alison Voorhees,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Belcourt, North Dakota man is sentenced to life in prison. Justin Baker, 44, is handed down the sentence along with $400 in special assessment fees. Baker is accused of two counts of sexual abuse by threat or death or serious bodily injury and two counts of assault by strangulation. Law enforcement responded to a home…

Adam Fravel gets life in prison for death of Madeline Kingsbury

December 17, 2024

Alison Voorhees,

Adam Fravel in courtWINONA, Minn. (KVRR/FOX 9) — Adam Fravel is sentenced to life in prison for the death of Madeline Kingsbury in southern Minnesota. Kingsbury is Fravel’s former partner and mother of his two children. Fravel appeared in court to be sentenced after being convicted of first-degree murder, first-degree murder with a past pattern of domestic abuse, second-degree murder…

New Sentencing Date Set for Man Involved in Savanna Greywind Murder

The hearing is set for October 7.

September 6, 2019

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FARGO, N.D.–A new sentencing hearing has been set for a man convicted of helping to cover up the death of a North Dakota woman whose baby was cut from her womb. The North Dakota Supreme Court ruled last month that William Hoehn should not have been sentenced to life in prison because a judge mistakenly classified him as a dangerous…

Jake Patterson Sentenced to Life in Prison for Kidnapping Jayme Closs, Murdering Her Parents

Patterson held Jayme captive for 88 days

May 24, 2019

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BARRON, Wis. (FOX 9) – A judge sentenced Jake Patterson, the 21-year-old Wisconsin man who was convicted of kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her two parents in October 2018, to life in prison Friday. Last October, Patterson broke into the Closs home, killed James and Denise Closs and kidnapped Jayme, holding her captive for 88 days before she eventually escaped on Jan. 10. Patterson was arrested later that…