Lake Crystal woman pleads guilty to shooting husband

Published 9:32 am Thursday, June 21, 2012

MANKATO — A woman accused of fatally shooting her husband while he slept has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Blue Earth County.

In a plea deal with prosecutors, 35-year-old Jennifer Nibbe admitted shooting her husband, James Nibbe, in the head with a shotgun in August 2010 at their home near Lake Crystal.

A sentencing hearing is scheduled July 9, the day her trial was expected to start. She could be sentenced to a maximum 25 years in prison.

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