Found Deceased MN - Madeline Jane Kingsbury, 26, mother of 2, Winona, 31 Mar 2023 *arrest* #2

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Testimony begins in Adam Fravel pre-trial hearings

The judge granted the request by the defense to sequester witnesses and is also considering whether or not to allow video and audio coverage of the trial.

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The judge granted the request by the defense to sequester witnesses and is also considering whether or not to allow video and audio coverage of the trial.

On the stand this morning was Kingsbury's mother, Krista Hultgren. She spoke about a phone conversation between her and Kingsbury from September of 2021. She testified Maddi was hysterical during the phone call. According to Hultgren, Kingsbury said Fravel put his hands around her throat and threatened she would "end up like Gabby Petito." Hultgren said she told Kingsbury to end the relationship, but Kingsbury did not want to.

David Kingsbury, Madeline's father, was the next to take the stand. He told the court the majority of his conversations with Maddi focused on her frustrations with Fravel after their first child was born. He said Maddi wasn't getting the help she needed from Fravel, and he seemed uncaring in the relationship. He described Fravel as aloof and mentioned how during a Thanksgiving gathering he never interacted with the family and stayed in a bedroom.

 

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SEP 3, 2024

Fravel Pretrial Day 1: Family against cameras in court, witness sequestering order approved

(ABC 6 News) – On the first day of Adam Fravel’s pretrial hearing, Winona County judge Nancy Buytendorp agreed to sequester, or separate witnesses during the 3-to-4-week murder trial, and heard arguments about cameras in the courtroom. RELATED: “If anything happens to me, know Adam did it”; 64...

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According to proceedings, the family of murder victim Madeline Kingsbury opposes having cameras in the Blue Earth County courtroom during the trial, scheduled to begin Oct. 7 and end in late October or early November.

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Shortly before her death, the Kingsburys discussed a “permanent breakup” with Fravel, he added, as Madeline had begun seeing another man.

Fravel’s defense pointed out that Kingsbury had only dated the new individual for a couple of weeks before she went missing March 31.

 

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SEP 3, 2024

Adam Fravel appears in court ahead of murder trial, key witnesses testify

Adam Fravel the man accused of murdering Madeline Kingsbury appeared in court Tuesday morning ahead of his trial.

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• The murder trial is set to begin October 7 in Mankato.
• The state and defense agreed today that the trial would take a minimum of three weeks, possibly four.
• Both sides have requested five alternate jurors; typically there are three.
• The Kingsbury family has requested cameras not be allowed. Fravel’s defense agreed, stating testimony could be graphic.
• Maddie’s mom testified that the day before she went missing, Maddie told her she felt afraid and uncomfortable with Fravel.
• Maddie's boyfriend Spencer Sullivan also testified today that Maddie briefly mentioned violence by Fravel but didn’t note much else.
• The prosecution still has four to five witnesses to call to stand.

 

[Knox]

SEP 3, 2024

Adam Fravel appears in court ahead of murder trial, key witnesses testify

Adam Fravel the man accused of murdering Madeline Kingsbury appeared in court Tuesday morning ahead of his trial.

www.kttc.com

• The murder trial is set to begin October 7 in Mankato.
• The state and defense agreed today that the trial would take a minimum of three weeks, possibly four.
• Both sides have requested five alternate jurors; typically there are three.
• The Kingsbury family has requested cameras not be allowed. Fravel’s defense agreed, stating testimony could be graphic.
• Maddie’s mom testified that the day before she went missing, Maddie told her she felt afraid and uncomfortable with Fravel.
• Maddie's boyfriend Spencer Sullivan also testified today that Maddie briefly mentioned violence by Fravel but didn’t note much else.
• The prosecution still has four to five witnesses to call to stand.

I’ll be disappointed if cameras aren’t allowed, but am surprised a bit that the Kingsbury family requested this? Are they trying to protect the kids from seeing the trial when they are older?

 

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I’ll be disappointed if cameras aren’t allowed, but am surprised a bit that the Kingsbury family requested this? Are they trying to protect the kids from seeing the trial when they are older?

Very possible, I'd say.

 

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SEP 4, 2024

Second day of pre-trial proceedings for man accused of killing Madeline Kingsbury to be held Wednesday

A Winona County man accused of killing the mother of his children last spring will be in court for the second time Wednesday in just as many days for ongoing pre-trial hearings.

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In court on Tuesday, Kingsbury’s family testified in front of Fravel as part of an evidence hearing, where they recalled an incident from Sept. 2021. According to her family, that’s when he put his hands around her neck and threatened her.

Prosecutors also showed screenshots of text messages between Kingsbury and Fravel from that same month during Tuesday’s hearing. She wrote, “I’m not ok with you putting your hands around my neck and pushing me down in front of the kids.”

In his response, the screenshot showed Fravel saying, “you’ll adjust.”

 

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SEP 4, 2024

Fravel Pretrial Day 2: Kingsbury's friends allege history of abuse in relationship

Katie Kolka and Hailey Scott both testified that Kingsbury confided in them that Fravel had choked her in front of the kids, and they each told her to leave the relationship and seek help.

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Kolka claimed that in the fall of 2022, she noticed marks around the sides of Kingsbury’s neck under a turtleneck sweater.

“She started crying, said she wasn’t ready to talk about it yet,” Kolka said.

Scott, Kingsbury’s former sorority sister, told the court she saw Fravel slap her friend during a Facetime call–but that Kingsbury “very much downplayed” the issue afterward.

Kingsbury wanted the children to have a father in their lives, Scott said in the hearing, and avoided talking about bruising Scott said she saw during other Facetime calls.

However, in the days before Kingsbury’s 2023 disappearance, Scott told the court things escalated.

“She was afraid to be alone with him,” Scott said.

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