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Minnesota mother is convicted for fatal stabbing of son, 6, before setting house on fire so younger son, 5, would die in arson – Jennifer Marie Stately, 37 is facing death penalty or life without parole

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2f3d56886027fbebd4edfcacab3eefda wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;280606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><br>Federal jury found Jennifer Marie Stately&comma; 37&comma; guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson after a two-and-a-half-week trial <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6b7b6d2860e38d66bb4e486850899980 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;280606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>She fatally stabbed her son&comma; Remi Stately&comma; six&comma; while her middle child&comma; Tristan Stately&comma; five&comma; died of carbon monoxide poisoning after she left him in the home she had set on fire <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-464f955b0f80d7fa9447500e189d8f0f wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;280606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong>Stately&comma; 37&comma;<&sol;strong> killed her children on March 15&comma; 2024&comma; at her home in Red Lake Nation&comma; an Indian reservation about 270 miles north of Minneapolis <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e091562cc97840db70ae44cfd54cac05 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;280606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>She then fled with her three-year-old&comma; before authorities issued an AMBER alert and the pair were spotted by a motorist about 150 miles away <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-20cc8347e5f6b39f5d8420f3d6b327d4 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;280606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>She was accused of used gasoline and lighter fluid to ignite three separate fires in her house&comma; including at both exits to the home&comma; trapping Tristan inside <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b1e60807c04094e2d048a4b3cf9b7853 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;280606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Arrested within an hour of taking flight <strong>Stately was charged with two counts first-degree premeditated murder and <strong>two counts murder in the course of committing child abuse<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8a9a97d2bbe9b3f04aa08ae2a6f5434f wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;280606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Stately was additionally charged with&comma; one count murder in the course of committing arson and one count of arson<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-42dcae1c77d6cc6bb66d8b417327e0e6 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;280606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>She is facing capital punishment or life in prison without the possibility of parole at <strong>sentencing&comma; which is yet to be scheduled<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;03&sol;Jennifer-Marie-Stately-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-494304" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Jennifer Marie Stately&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; 37&comma; of Red Lake Nation&comma; Minnesota&comma; on Thursday was convicted of murdering two of her sons&comma; one by stabbing&comma; the other by arson on March 15&comma; 2024 <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A Minnesota mother-of-three has been convicted of stabbing one of her children to death&comma; setting her house on fire and leaving her second child to suffocate inside while she fled with her third child&period; <br>On Thursday&comma; a federal jury found Jennifer Marie Stately&comma; 37&comma; guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson after a two-and-a-half-week trial&period; <br>Stately was accused of committed the crimes on March 15&comma; 2024&comma; at her home in Red Lake Nation&comma; an Indian reservation about 270 miles north of Minneapolis&period;<br>According to the charging documents&comma; six-year-old Remi Stately was fatally stabbed by his mother before she left his younger brother&comma; Tristan Stately&comma; five&comma; to die of carbon monoxide poisoning inside the home she set on fire&period; <br>Stately investigators had used gasoline and lighter fluid to ignite three separate fires in her house&period; Two were lit at the home&&num;8217&semi;s two exits&comma; trapping Tristan inside&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;03&sol;Remi-Stately-with-his-brother-Tristan-Stately-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-494299" style&equals;"aspect-ratio&colon;0&period;6544916090819348&semi;width&colon;797px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Jennifer Marie Stately&comma; the court heard murdered Remi and Tristan and Remi &lbrack;pictured together with a couple of Xbox controllers&period; Her youngest son&comma; whom she abducted and fled after the crime was suffering from signs of major neglect and abuse when police found him<&sol;strong> <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The mother fled with her three-year-old&comma; prompting authorities in Minnesota to issue an AMBER alert for the missing child several hours after she took flight&period; <br>Within an hour of the abducted child notification going out mother and child were spotted by a motorist about 150 miles south of Red Lake in Todd County&period;<br>A large response consisting of officers with the Minnesota State Patrol&comma; the Todd County Sheriff’s Department and the Long Prairie Police Department responded to Stately&&num;8217&semi;s location and placed her in custody&period;<br>Court <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;lawandcrime&period;com&sol;crime&sol;no-chance-at-survival-mom-stabbed-6-year-old-son-to-death-then-set-fire-to-homes-exits-so-her-5-year-old-son-could-not-escape&sol;">records<&sol;a> show that three-year-old child was suffering from severe signs of abuse and neglect&period; <br>The toddler had severe body odor because he had not been changed or washed for days&period;<br>He also had sores on his face that were bleeding or scabbed over&comma; and he had additional scabs all over the soles of his feet that made it impossible for him to stand due to the pain&period; He also had teeth so rotted that he could not eat properly&period;  <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;03&sol;Remi-Stately-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-494300" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The mother fatally stabbed her six-year-old son&comma; Remi Stately&comma; on March 15&comma; 2024&comma; before setting fire to the house she&&num;8217&semi;d sealed on fire and fleeing with her toddler<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;03&sol;Tristan-Stately-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-494302" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The killer mother&&num;8217&semi;s second son fiv<strong>e-year-old Tristan Stately died of carbon monoxide poisoning after she lit three fires in their house&period; Both exits in the home were set on fire&comma; effectively trapping him Tristan inside<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Stately was booked into the Todd County Jail while awaiting trial&comma; which began in February&comma; almost two years after she committed the murders&period; <br>She was arraigned on two counts of first-degree premeditated murder&comma; two counts of murder in the course of committing child abuse&comma; one count of murder in the course of committing arson and one count of arson&period; <br>Prosecutors in Todd County opted to dismiss several state child abuse and neglect charges that the mother was already facing&comma; so she could be tried in federal court&period;<br>She entered a not guilty plea as her defense counsel employed an insanity defense&period; Jurors rejected defense arguments and convicted Stately for murder&period;<br>Sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled&comma; but she is facing capital punishment or life in prison without the possibility of parole&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;

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