Earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, three individuals were sentenced for their roles in the murder of a couple on the Red Lake Indian Reservation on New Year’s Day 2011. United States District Judge Donovan W. Frank sentenced David John Martin, age 46, of Columbia Heights, to 160 months in prison on one count of robbery; and Kevin John Needham, age 21, of Red Lake, to 90 months in prison on one count of robbery. Yesterday, Terin Rene Stately, age 25, also of Red Lake, was sentenced to 40 months in prison on one count of aiding and abetting robbery.
On January 15, 2013, Martin and Needham were charged in a superseding indictment. Martin was convicted on March 12, 2013, and Needham pleaded guilty on February 26, 2013. Stately was indicted on August 16, 2012, and pleaded guilty on November 15, 2012.
On June 21, 2013, their co-defendant Geshik-O-Binese Martin, age 30, of Red Lake, was sentenced to life in prison on two counts of murder in the first degree, two counts of murder in the second degree, and one count of robbery. He was also convicted on March 12, 2013.
The trial evidence proved that on January 1, 2011, Craig David Roy and Darla Ann Beaulieu were killed while money and illegal drugs were stolen from Roy’s reservation residence. The bodies of Beaulieu and Roy were found in the remains of the house, which was destroyed by fire on that same day. Autopsies determined that the victims were killed as a result of multiple stab wounds and not the fire itself.
Earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, three individuals were sentenced for their roles in the murder of a couple on the Red Lake Indian Reservation on New Year’s Day 2011. United States District Judge Donovan W. Frank sentenced David John Martin, age 46, of Columbia Heights, to 160 months in prison on one count of robbery; and Kevin John Needham, age 21, of Red Lake, to 90 months in prison on one count of robbery. Yesterday, Terin Rene Stately, age 25, also of Red Lake, was sentenced to 40 months in prison on one count of aiding and abetting robbery.
On January 15, 2013, Martin and Needham were charged in a superseding indictment. Martin was convicted on March 12, 2013, and Needham pleaded guilty on February 26, 2013. Stately was indicted on August 16, 2012, and pleaded guilty on November 15, 2012.
On June 21, 2013, their co-defendant Geshik-O-Binese Martin, age 30, of Red Lake, was sentenced to life in prison on two counts of murder in the first degree, two counts of murder in the second degree, and one count of robbery. He was also convicted on March 12, 2013.
The trial evidence proved that on January 1, 2011, Craig David Roy and Darla Ann Beaulieu were killed while money and illegal drugs were stolen from Roy’s reservation residence. The bodies of Beaulieu and Roy were found in the remains of the house, which was destroyed by fire on that same day. Autopsies determined that the victims were killed as a result of multiple stab wounds and not the fire itself.
