WINONA, Minn. – A judge delayed a request from a Mabel couple for visitation rights to their grandchildren while their son Adam Fravel is in jail awaiting trial for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, with who he fathered the children. The Fravels said they hadn’t seen their grandchildren. age 5 and 3, in 6-1/2 months. Judge Mary Leahy said she needed more time to discuss the issues and consider the Fravels’ request. It was in March that the children’s mother, Maddi Kigsbury, disappeared from the Winona townhouse that she and Fravel shared. Her body was found 2-1/2 months later in woods a few miles from the Fravels’ rural home near Mabel, where Adam had taken up residence. The children have been in the custody of the maternal grandparents. David and Cathy. who have been unfriendly to anything to do with the Fravels. The Kingsburys both took early retirements to care for the grandchildren.
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