杀害两名幼子并纵火，长子被刺幼子困火场身亡：明尼苏达州母亲被判无期徒刑
美国司法部明尼苏达区联邦检察官办公室11月6日宣布，37岁的 Jennifer Marie Stately 因杀害自己的两名幼子，被联邦法院判处无期徒刑。Stately 家住明尼苏达州北部的 Red Lake，她于今年2月25日经联邦陪审团审理两周半后被定罪，罪名包括五项一级谋杀罪和一项纵火罪；量刑由联邦地区法官 John R. Tunheim 于11月6日宣判。
据法庭文件与庭审证据，2024年3月15日，Stately 独自与孩子们留在位于 Red Lake 印第安保留地的家中时，用刀攻击两名男孩，造成多处伤口，并刺死了年长的儿子。随后她用汽油和打火机油在屋内点燃三处火源，其中包括房屋的两个出口。长子死于锐器伤，幼子被困在火场内，死于一氧化碳中毒。
纵火后，Stately 逃离现场、失踪数小时。Red Lake 部落警察局发布安珀警报（AMBER Alert）后不到一小时，一名驾车者在距其住所约150英里以南的 Todd 县发现了她，明尼苏达州巡警、Todd 县警长办公室与 Long Prairie 警察局赶赴现场将其抓获，她被关押在 Todd 县监狱。
联邦检察官 Daniel N. Rosen 表示，Stately 杀害两名亲生孩子的行为令人震惊，他向失去两个无辜生命的家庭与 Red Lake 社区致以最深切的哀悼。联邦调查局（FBI）明尼阿波利斯外勤办公室主管 Christopher D. Dotson 表示，今天的判决确保 Stately 为她对两名幼儿施加的难以想象的暴力承担责任。烟酒枪炮及爆炸物管理局（ATF）圣保罗外勤分局主管 Joseph Persails 表示，其中一名孩子本可能从最初的伤害中活下来，但其母亲放的火最终断绝了他的生机，这也提醒人们纵火绝非单纯的财产犯罪。
此案由 FBI 主导调查，ATF、明尼苏达州刑事逮捕局、Todd 县警长办公室、Long Prairie 警察局与 Red Lake 部落警察局协助，助理联邦检察官 Garrett S. Fields 负责起诉。（来源：美国司法部明尼苏达区联邦检察官办公室）
Red Lake Mother Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murdering Her Two Children and Setting Fire to Their Home
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota announced on November 6 that Jennifer Marie Stately, 37, of Red Lake in northern Minnesota, was sentenced to life in prison for murdering two of her young children. Stately was convicted by a federal jury on February 25, 2026, following a two-and-a-half-week trial, on five counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson. She was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John R. Tunheim on November 6, 2026.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, on March 15, 2024, Stately, while alone with the children at their home on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, 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 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) determined that Stately used gasoline and lighter fluid to ignite three separate fires, including fires at both exit points of the home. The older boy died of his sharp force injuries, while the younger boy was trapped inside and died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
After setting the fire, 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 her home. The Minnesota State Patrol, the Todd County Sheriff's Department and the Long Prairie Police Department responded, and she was apprehended and booked into the Todd County Jail.
"Jennifer Stately's murder of two of her children shocks the conscience. I offer my deepest condolences to the family and Red Lake community who lost two innocent lives," said U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen. FBI Minneapolis Special Agent in Charge Christopher D. Dotson said the sentence ensures Stately is held accountable for the unimaginable violence she inflicted on two young children. ATF St. Paul Field Division Special Agent in Charge Joseph Persails said one child may have survived the injuries inflicted upon him, but the fire his mother set ultimately sealed his fate, a reminder that arson is not merely a property crime.
The case was investigated by the FBI, with assistance from the ATF, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the Todd County Sheriff's Department, the Long Prairie Police Department and the Red Lake Tribal Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Garrett S. Fields prosecuted the case. (Source: U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota)
来源：美国司法部明尼苏达区联邦检察官办公室
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