Red Lake Woman Arrested in Todd County found Guilty of Murder and Arson in Death of her Children

A Red Lake woman has been found guilty of five counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson following a two-and-a-half-week-long trial, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen.

On March 15, 2024, Jennifer Marie Stately, 37, attacked and killed two of her young children.

The evidence at trial showed that Stately, when alone with the children at their home on Red Lake Nation, assaulted the boys causing numerous injuries and attacked them with a knife. She fatally stabbed her older son before setting the home on fire.

Investigators with the ATF determined Stately used gasoline and lighter fluid to ignite three separate fires, including fires at both exit points of the home.

While the older boy died of his sharp force injuries, the younger boy was trapped inside and died of carbon monoxide poisoning.

After setting fire to the home, Stately fled the scene and was missing for several hours. The Red Lake Tribal Police Department issued an AMBER Alert, and, less than an hour later, a motorist spotted Stately in Todd County—approximately 150 miles south of the Stately home...

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