A federal judge sentenced Jennifer Stately of Red Lake to life in prison Friday for killing two of her young sons in March 2024 and setting their home on fire. 37 year old Jennifer Stately, was sentenced on five counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota. U.S. District Judge John Tunheim imposed the sentence. A federal jury found her guilty Feb. 25 after a two-and-a-half-week trial, as VNL reported in February. According to a court docket entry, Tunheim sentenced Stately to life in federal prison on all counts, to be served at the same time. The entry also lists five years of supervised release on all counts and a $600 special assessment. It says the judge held a hearing on objections to the presentence report before sentencing. It also says Stately was returned to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Stately attacked and killed two of her young children at their home on the Red Lake Indian Reservation on March 15, 2024, and set the home on fire. After the fire, she fled and was missing for several hours. An AMBER Alert was issued, and a motorist spotted her in Todd County, about 150 miles south of the home, according to the release. She was arrested there. Red Lake Department of Public Safety Director Kendall Kingbird Sr. said in the release: “The memory of our two young community members will forever be in our thoughts and prayers of the Red Lake Nation.” He thanked the agencies involved in the case. The FBI led the investigation, with help from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the Todd County Sheriff’s Department, the Long Prairie Police Department and the Red Lake Tribal Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Garrett Fields prosecuted the case.