MANKATO, Minn. – The jury found Adam Fravel of Winona guilty in the 2023 slaying of Maddi Kingsbury. The verdict was guilty on all four counts alleged by prosecutors:
> First-degree murder while engaging in domestic abuse and with a past pattern of domestic abuse.
> First-degree murder with premeditation.
> Second-degree murder without premeditation.
> Second-degree murder but unintentional while committing a felony.
Judge Nancy Huytendorp announced that sentencing would be mid-December. Fravel faces mandatory life in prison on the primary first-degree murder conviction.
Courtroom reaction
Fravel was sobbing as he was brought into the courtroom. He cried openly as the verdicts were read one by one. He has maintained his innocence since he became a suspect in the March 2023 disappearance of Kingsbury Her body was found 10 weeks later hidden in woods near where Fravel grew up. This was in Fillmore County, 40 miles from Winona. After the verdicts the Fravel family left the courthouse without comment. The courtroom was packed for the verdict.
Deliberations
In all the jury deliberated 10 hours. The jury had begun deliberations the previous afternoon and reconvened at 8 a.m. An hour and a half later the jury sent word to Judge Nancy Buytendorp that it had reached verdict. Buytendorp summoned all the principals to the courtroom. Fravel was escrted up a secure elevator from a downstairs cell where he has been held during three-week trial. Earlier he was held Winona, where, according to prosecutors, Favel killed Maddi Kingsbury in the townhouse they shared with their two pre-school children.
Post-verdict news conference
Phil Prokopwicz. Lead prosecutor” One of most complex challenges in his 40-year career.
Tom WIliams. Winona police chef: Proud of investigation. Looks for lessons in self-debriefings in weeks ahead.