US EditionSt. Cloud Man Sentenced to Life After Admitting to Killing Woman in 2018
Daniel Walter Kenning was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without parole after strangling Jennifer Lee Moy in 2018, following a seven-year legal process.
- Thursday, Stearns County Judge Nathaniel Welte sentenced Daniel Walter Kenning, 45, to life in prison without the chance of release on Oct. 2.
- Claiming `God told him he needed to kill someone`, Daniel Walter Kenning's mental state became central during the two-phase trial assessing his understanding of the crime.
- Kenning went to the St. Cloud Police Department about 8 a.m. on Sept. 29 and led officers to Moy's body at his home.
- The sentence carries mandatory life without parole under Minnesota law, and Stearns County Judge Nathaniel Welte ordered Kenning to pay $7,500 to the Minnesota Crime Victims Reparations Board with all prison earnings going to the board.
- After seven years and competency determinations, the trial reached a guilty verdict and four victim impact statements were read, with Jennifer Lee Moy’s mother reported to have died waiting for justice.
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Duluth News Tribune
St. Cloud man who said God told him to kill is sentenced to life in prison
ST. CLOUD — A St. Cloud man who said that "God told him he needed to kill someone" was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday, Oct. 2, for the 2018 murder of a St. Cloud woman. Daniel Walter Kenning, 45, was found guilty of murder on Tuesday, Sept. 25, by a Stearns County jury. Stearns County Judge Nathaniel Welte on Thursday sentenced Kenning to life in prison without the chance of release. Kenning was charged with murder in the first and seco…
Kenning sentenced to life in prison for 2018 murder
Stearns County Judge Nathaniel Welte on Thursday, Oct. 2, sentenced Daniel Walter Kenning, who said God told him to kill, to life in prison without the chance of release for the 2018 murder of a St. Cloud woman. Kenning, 45, was found guilty of murder on Tuesday, Sept. 25, by a Stearns County jury. He was charged with murder in the first and second degree in the strangling death of Jennifer Lee Moy on Sept. 29, 2018. He must also pay $7,500 to t…
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