Boedecker Sentenced to Over 50 Years
/Jenna Boedecker, who was convicted in May, was sentenced on Thursday, August 3, to 58 years in prison for the deaths of her two daughters. The judge sentenced her to 44 consecutive years for the murder charges and 14 consecutive years for the child endangerment charges.
Jenna Boedecker
The jury convicted Boedecker, of Kearney, of second-degree murder if her 2 year-old and 7 week-old daughters in May.
Documents in the case state Boedecker fell asleep in a Jeep Patriot with her children on July 3 and 4, 2018. When she woke up, she found the children unresponsive in the hot car. Documents also state that Boedecker took the children to a neighbor’s house to revive them.
The trial evidence revealed that Boedecker had nearly two time the therapeutic amount of Xanex in her system the day first responders arrived and found the children.
KPGZ News - Brian Watts contributed to this story
