Vance Boelter, a 59-year-old man from Minnesota, is sentenced to life in prison for the killing of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark. Multiple outlets report that Boelter pleads guilty to federal charges connected to the attack, following the Minneapolis-area killings. After entering his plea in June—about a year after the incident—he faces sentencing more than a year later. Reports state that the court sentences him to spend the rest of his life in prison, including receiving two life sentences. The case involves the stalking and killing of Hortman, a leading Democratic state lawmaker, and her husband. Boelter is convicted and sentenced in federal court, according to the accounts. The reporting also indicates the timeline of events from the initial killings through the guilty plea and final sentencing. No additional details beyond the plea and sentence terms are described consistently across sources.
Vance Boelter sentenced to life in prison for killing Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman
Vance Boelter, a 59-year-old man from Minnesota, is sentenced to life in prison for the killing of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark. Multiple outlets report that Bo...
- Vance Boelter is sentenced to life in prison for the killings of Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
- Boelter pleaded guilty to federal charges connected to the killings.
- The sentencing occurs after Boelter’s guilty plea in June, following attacks in the Minneapolis-area about a year earlier.
- Boelter receives two life sentences, according to reports.
- Melissa Hortman was a top Minnesota Democratic lawmaker and former House Speaker.
Vance Boelter pleaded guilty last month to federal charges related to the killing of former House Speaker Hortman and her husband Mark
56 minutes agoThe Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to killing a top Democratic lawmaker and her husband was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison on Thursday, a little over a year after the political attacks.
1 hour agoVance Boelter, 59, agreed to plead guilty in June, almost a year after the Minneapolis-area attacks, when he stalked and killed House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
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