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Published November 21, 2011, 09:22 AM

Brooks pleads guilty to Fortenberry murder

Sentencing set for January 2012

By: Amy Chaffins, The Osakis Review

Jeffrey Allan Brooks pleaded guilty to the Diane Fortenberry murder.

On Friday, November 18, Brooks reportedly entered a guilty plea to the charge of second-degree intentional murder.

According to a news release from the Todd County Sheriff's Office, the murder happened when Brooks was committing a burglary at the Fortenberry residence on Whitetail Trail in Gordon Township near Osakis.

The maximum sentence for second-degree murder is 480 months.

Brooks will be sentenced in January 2012.

More information in the November 30 issue of the Osakis Review.

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