Minnesota man gets life without parole for killing girlfriend who was the subject of a 69-day search

WINONA. Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing his girlfriend, whose disappearance after she dropped off their kids at day care drew national attention and prompted thousands of volunteers to join a 69-day search for her. A jury found 30-year-old Adam Fravel guilty of premeditated first-degree murder in November. He was arrested after a deputy found the body of 26-year-old Madeline Kingsbury in a culvert on a dead-end road in 2023. Fravel did not testify in his own defense at trial, and he told the judge at his sentencing on Tuesday that he was innocent.