WINONA, Minn. – The judge for the Adam Fravel murder trial has received lists of 180 individuals that attorneys plan tentatively to put on the witness stand. The prosecution told Judge Nancy Buytendorp that it has arranged for testimony from 157 witnesses. It’s possible that the number might be pared. Even so, the attorneys said, the list would remain extensive. The prosecution list includes:
> Friends and families of Fravel and of Maddi Kingsbury, whose body was found 7-1/2 weeks after she disappeared in March 2023.
> 38 employees of the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
> 30 members of Winona law enforcement.
The defense has listed 23 witnesses on Fravel’s behalf. The lists give both sides an advance opportunity to research the appropriateness of the other side’s witnesses. Already defense has asked that Melissa Petrangelo Scaia, an expert on domestic violence and abuse, be barred as a witness. Scaia is known mostly for developing the widely used Duluth Model for domestic abuse prevention. She testified previously in a pretrial Fravel hearing.
Scalia. Fravel defense wants her deleted as a trial witness. Has 24 years expereience in domestic violence cases. A frequent expert witness.
Jury detail
Jury selection has been scheduled to take one week. Selection begins October 5 in the Blue Earth County Courthouse in Mankato. Both sides have filed questions to be put to potential jurors. The questions are a routine screening tool in jury trials. Among questions for this trial are whether jurors participated in the search for Kingsbury and if they were on social media about her disappearance. The trial originally was scheduled for three weeks, but now, with so many