MN Mother Sentenced in Children’s Death
(Fergus Falls, MN) –A north-central Minnesota woman was sentenced Friday to life in prison for the 2024 deaths of two of her children. A federal jury convicted 37-year-old Jennifer Marie Stately of five counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson. Prosecutors say Stately stabbed her five- and six-year-old sons and then set three fires inside her home on the Red Lake Tribal Nation reservation. The six-year-old died from stab wounds, while the five-year-old died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Authorities say Stately fled with her three-year-old son and was later found in Todd County, about 150 miles away.
