Adam Fravel charged with murder in Madeline Kingsbury death – The father of a missing Minnesota mother’s two children is facing murder charges after a police investigation into her disappearance led to the missing woman’s remains.
Madeline Jane Kingsbury’s family has confirmed that the body found in brush near an area highway was indeed hers in a statement to Rochester, Minnesota-based NBC and CW Plus affiliate KTTC.
Left: Missing mother of two, Madeline Kingsbury (Winona Police Department). Right: Adam Fravel appears in a mugshot (Winona County Sheriff’s Office).Adam Fravel charged with murder in Madeline Kingsbury death
“We’re relieved that Madeline has been found after months of intensive searching and grateful for the extraordinary efforts by law enforcement, other first responders and volunteers,” she said. “We’re certain that the correct person has been arrested, will be appropriately charged, and convicted of his crimes. Things are moving in the right direction there and we look forward to getting justice for Madeline. For right now we will mourn as a family and properly and respectfully lay her to rest.”
Kingsbury, 26, is believed to have disappeared at around 8 a.m. on March 31 after dropping her children off at daycare with Adam Taylor Fravel, the children’s father. She hadn’t been heard from since.
On Wednesday, Fravel, 29, was arrested and charged with one count of murder in the second degree, according to jail records reviewed by Law&Crime. He is being held at the Winona County Detention Center pending his first court appearance and is accused of committing murder with intent but without premeditation.
Ominously, at around the same time Fravel was arrested, police revealed that a body connected to the investigation into Kingsbury’s disappearance had been found.
