Red Lake Woman Sentenced for Fatal Stabbing
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 6:02am
AP
RED LAKE- A northwestern Minnesota woman has been sentenced to 6 years in federal prison for fatally stabbing a man on the Red Lake Indian Reservation.
A federal judge announced the sentence Wednesday for 26-year-old Alison Brown, a member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians.
She pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the July 2013 death of Byron Lussier Sr., who was also a member of the Red Lake Band.
Authorities say Brown stabbed Lussier in his kitchen with two kitchen knives and a barbecue grill fork.
Their relationship is unclear.
Brown was indicted in August 2013 after an investigation by the FBI and Red Lake police.