Moorhead woman says she regrets lying to police about roommate s murder
Andrea Catherine Payne, 27, admitted she lied to police about her roommate s death at their apartment in spring 2020. 12:07 pm, May 3, 2021 ×
Andrea Payne cries Monday, May 3, 2021, as she hears the family of Dystynee Avery speak during her sentencing hearing in Clay County District Court. Payne, who is being held at the Clay County Jail, joined the hearing by video. April Baumgarten / The Forum
Andrea Catherine Payne, 27, was sentenced to five years of supervised probation for being an accomplice to second-degree intentional murder after the fact. She pleaded guilty to the charge, admitting that she lied to police when she knew her 19-year-old roommate, Dystynee Avery, was killed April 3, 2020, at their apartment, 1310 28th Ave. S.
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May 3, 2021
Andrea Payne
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – A judge has sentenced a Moorhead woman to time already served after her guilty plea to helping cover up a murder.
Twenty-seven-year-old Andrea Payne admitted to knowing that her roommate, Dystynee Avery, had been killed. Payne was sentenced to 378 days already spent in jail.
Payne, Avery and 28-year-old Ethan Broad were sharing a south Moorhead apartment when Avery was killed in April, 2020. Broad is charged with the murder.
Clay County prosecutors say Broad killed Avery, cut up her body in his garage and threw the body parts in a dumpster. The remains were later recovered from a landfill near Hawley, Minn.
Moorhead woman sentenced for part in cover-up of roommate s murder
Andrea Catherine Payne, 27, admitted she lied to police about her roommate s death at their apartment in spring 2020. 12:07 pm, May 3, 2021 ×
Andrea Payne cries Monday, May 3, as she hears the family of Dystynee Avery speak during her sentencing hearing in Clay County District Court. Payne, who is being held at the Clay County Jail, joined the hearing by video. April Baumgarten / The Forum
MOORHEAD The woman who admitted to helping cover up the killing of her roommate more than a year ago in Moorhead will avoid prison time.
Andrea Catherine Payne, 27, was sentenced to 5 years of supervised probation after pleading guilty to being an accomplice to second-degree intentional murder. She admitted to lying to police when she knew her 19-year-old roommate, Dystynee Avery, was killed April 3, 2020, at their apartment, 1310 28th Ave. S.
Sentencing for Moorhead man accused of killing roommate delayed for competency evaluation
Clay County Judge Tammy Merkins has ordered a doctor to form an opinion on whether 28-year-old Ethan Martin Broad’s mental condition makes him incompetent to face prosecution for the April 3 death of 19-year-old Dystynee Avery. 5:12 pm, Mar. 31, 2021 ×
Ethan Broad
MOORHEAD, Minn. A judge has delayed the sentencing of a Moorhead man accused of killing and dismembering his roommate a year ago until the court can determine whether he is fit to stand trial.
Clay County Judge Tammy Merkins ordered on Wednesday, March 31, that a doctor form an opinion on whether 28-year-old Ethan Martin Broad’s mental condition makes him incompetent to face prosecution for the April 3 death of 19-year-old Dystynee Avery. Dr. Nancy Hein-Kolo evaluated Broad’s condition but could not definitively say whether he was faking a mental illness or needed treatment, Merkins said Wednesday i
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