Madeline Kingsbury’s ex-boyfriend, a 26-year-old mother, tagged along missing in 2023 and was found dead after a 69-day search, and was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Adam Fravel, 30, was sentenced by District Judge Nancy Buytendorp in Winona, Minnesota, after being convicted of premeditated murder about 130 miles away in Mankato for pretrial publicity, The Associated Press reported.
“The verdict reflects the seriousness of your actions and serves as a clear statement that such violence will not be tolerated in this community,” Buytendorp said, adding that she hopes the case will “inspire collective action to prevent future tragedies of this nature.” prevent.”
Fravel, who did not testify in his own defense during the trial, told the judge during the sentencing that he is innocent and “never harmed Maddie.”
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Adam Fravel, who was found guilty of the 2023 murder of Madeline Kingsbury, his ex-girlfriend and with whom he shared two children, was sentenced Tuesday in Minnesota to life in prison without parole. (Saskia Hatvany/Winona Daily News via AP, Pool)
Kingsbury, who shared two young children with Fravel, went missing in March 2023 after dropping their children off at daycare. Her disappearance received national attention and led to a massive search that lasted more than two months.
Her body was found by a deputy in June 2023 in a culvert on a cul-de-sac near a property owned by Fravel’s parents. She was wrapped in a gray fitted sheet, closed with duct tape. Fravel was arrested a few days after the discovery.
Prosecutors said Kingsbury was strangled with a towel and a medical examiner determined her cause of death was likely asphyxiation.
Madeline Kingsbury, 26, a mother from Minnesota, was last dropped off at daycare around 8 a.m. on March 31, 2023. (Madeline Kingsbury/Facebook)
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“The crimes committed by Mr. Fravel shook the foundations of our community, shining a stark light on the extremes of domestic violence and revealing the evil actions of a man who had no regard for the consequences his actions would have on his children . lives,” Winona County Attorney Karin Sonneman said this to the court, according to The AP.
Witnesses, who said they saw bruises on Kingsbury’s neck, also said she planned to leave Fravel for another man because of “alleged abusive behavior and inadequate financial contributions,” according to the newspaper.
Fravel’s attorney Zach Bauer told the judge they plan to appeal the verdict, arguing the case focused on “tunnel vision, revisionist history and secret truths.”
Adam Fravel, 30, was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend Madeline Kingsbury, whose remains were found in June 2023 after a 69-day search. (Saskia Hatvany/Winona Daily News via AP, Pool)
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Fravel and Kingsbury’s two children now live with her parents, who were also in court during sentencing.
Kingsbury’s mother, Catherine, had the following statement read to the court on her behalf.
‘I will never understand a father who could and did do this to his children. He took away a mother’s love, the kind of love only Maddie could give them. The knowledge of this horror will haunt me forever. All Adam had to do What I had to do was walk away and let Maddie go. He chose not to do that. He chose evil over good.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
