Stavely Sentenced To Life In Prison

A federal judge sentenced Jennifer Stately of Red Lake to life in prison Friday for killing two of her young sons in March 2024 and setting their home on fire.

Stately, 37, was sentenced on five counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota. U.S. District Judge John Tunheim imposed the sentence. A federal jury found her guilty Feb. 25 after a two-and-a-half-week trial.  According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Stately attacked and killed two of her young children at their home on the Red Lake Indian Reservation on March 15, 2024, and set the home on fire. After the fire, she fled and was missing for several hours. An AMBER Alert was issued, and a driver spotted her in Todd County, about 150 miles south of the home. She was arrested there. 

(Valley News Live)