Seven-Year Murder Case Delayed Again After Judge Denies Motion by Defendant Who Claims He Could Resurrect Victim

(KNSI) – The nearly seven-year-long legal battle over an alleged murder suspect’s trial in Stearns County District Court will drag on after his latest motion was denied.

Daniel Kenning is charged with first and second-degree murder after he walked into the St. Cloud Police Department in September of 2018 and told officers he strangled 45-year-old Jennifer Moy of Blaine, and her body was still in his basement. When investigators asked why he did that, according to a press release, Kenning told them he believed he could resurrect her.

On several occasions, Kenning was found incompetent to stand trial, and criminal proceedings were suspended. In March, the trial was set to move forward but a hangup over evidence that was supposedly not made available to attorneys, it was delayed.

Kenning, whose lawyers are from the public defender’s office, previously filed a motion to change counsel, which was granted. He filed another motion last week, before asking to represent himself, but withdrew that.

The judge denied his motion and said he was free to fire his lawyers, but would then be responsible for hiring his own attorneys at his expense.