Adam Fravel will spend life in prison for killing his ex-girlfriend Madeline Kingsbury
The ex-boyfriend of Madeline Kingsbury, the 26-year-old mother who went missing in 2023 and was found dead after a 69-day search, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Tuesday.
Adam Fravel, 30, was sentenced by District Judge Nancy Buytendorp in Winona, Minnesota, after being convicted of first degree murder 136 miles away in Mankato because of a pretrial release, the Associated Press reported.
“The sentence shows the seriousness of your actions and serves as a clear statement that this kind of violence will not be tolerated in this community,” Buytendorp said, adding that he hoped the case “will inspire collective action to prevent future tragedies of this kind.”
Fravel, who did not testify in his own defense during the trial, told the judge during his sentencing that he was innocent and “didn’t hurt Maddie.”
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Adam Fravel, who was found guilty of murdering Madeline Kingsbury in 2023, his ex-girlfriend and with whom he shared two children, was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Tuesday in Minnesota. (Saskia Hatvany/Winona Daily News via AP, Pool)
Kingsbury, who shared two young children with Fravel, went missing in March 2023 after dropping her children off at daycare. His disappearance received national attention and sparked a massive manhunt that lasted more than two months.
Her body was found by a deputy in June 2023 in a dead-end street near Fravel’s parents’ building. She was wrapped in a gray sheet lined with string and taped shut. Fravel was arrested days after the discovery.
Prosecutors said Kingsbury was strangled with a towel and the medical examiner determined the cause of death was likely asphyxiation.
Minnesota mother Madeline Kingsbury, 26, was last seen leaving her children at daycare around 8 a.m. on March 31, 2023. (Madeline Kingsbury/Facebook)
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“The crime committed by Mr. for life,” Winona County Attorney Karin Sonneman told the court, according to the AP.
Witnesses, who testified to seeing bruises on Kingsbury’s neck, also said she was planning to leave Fravel for another man because of “alleged abusive behavior and insufficient cash donations,” the source said.
Fravel’s attorney Zach Bauer told the judge they intend to appeal the sentence, saying the case is focused on “tunnel vision, review history and privacy facts.”
Adam Fravel, 30, was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend Madeline Kingsbury, whose body was found in June 2023 after a 69-day search. (Saskia Hatvany/Winona Daily News via AP, Pool)
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The two children Fravel and Kingsbury live with now live with their parents, who were in court when they were sentenced.
Kingsbury’s mother, Catherine, read the following statement to the court.
“I will never understand a father who can do this to his children. He took away a mother’s love, the kind of love that only Maddie could give. The knowledge of this fear will haunt me forever. All Adam had to do was walk away and he let Maddie not do that.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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