A lacking Minnesota lady's ex was arrested on suspicion of her homicide a month after he tried to get custody of their 2 kids

• Madeline Kingsbury went lacking in Winona, Minnesota, on March 31.
• Police arrested her ex Adam Fravel hours after her physique was discovered hid off a gravel street.
• Fravel unsuccessfully tried to get custody of their two kids in Could.

Sixty-nine days after she went lacking, Madeline Kingsbury’s physique was discovered hid in a wooded space off a gravel street in Mavel, Minnesota.

When Winona Police Chief Tom Williams broke the information in a press convention on Wednesday, individuals might be heard sobbing within the background.

Roughly six hours after the 26-year-old’s physique was discovered, police arrested Kingsbury’s ex, 29-year-old Adam Fravel. Sheriff John DeGeorge stated Fravel owns property inside “a number of minutes” from the place her physique was discovered.

Jail data confirmed Fravel was in custody forward of his first court docket look, the place he is anticipated to be charged with second-degree homicide. Fravel’s legal professional did not instantly reply to Insider’s request for touch upon Thursday.

In Could, Fravel appeared in court docket to attempt to get custody of his and Kingsbury’s two kids, aged 2 and 5, KTTC reported on the time.

The choose denied Fravel’s petition on Tuesday and stated the youngsters would stick with Kingsbury’s mother and father, CBS Information Minnesota reported.

Kingsbury was final seen dropping the youngsters off at daycare with Fravel on March 31, Kare 11 reported.

The Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner at Mayo Clinic, which performed the post-mortem, did not instantly reply to Insider’s request for touch upon Kingsbury’s explanation for demise.

In a press release on April 12, Fravel stated he wished Kingsbury “discovered and introduced house safely.”

“I’ve cooperated with legislation enforcement at each flip, together with sitting down for a number of interviews with Winona County legislation enforcement,” the assertion stated, in accordance with Kare 11. “I didn’t have something to do with Maddi’s disappearance.”

Her sister, Megan Kingsbury, advised Kare 11 in April that earlier than Maddi went lacking, she and Fravel have been nonetheless dwelling collectively however had damaged up and he was searching for his personal place.