Convicted Murderer Given Life Sentence

Saint Cloud, MN, USA / KNSI

Oct 2, 2025 | 5:27 PM

Daniel Walter Kenning Dan Kenning

Stearns County Jail

(KNSI) – On Thursday, convicted murderer Daniel Walter Kenning was sentenced to life behind bars without the possibility of parole.

Kenning was found guilty by a jury last week in Stearns County District Court of first degree murder in the 2018 death of Jennifer Lee Moy. Kenning, on September 29th of that year, walked into St. Cloud Police Headquarters and confessed that he had killed a woman at his home. Kenning says he murdered the Blaine woman after being told to do so by God. He says he was promised he would be able to resurrect her afterwards.

Kenning’s case had been delayed for years as he was initially found incompetent to stand trial. A series of Rule 20 hearings continued to deliver the same result until December 2024, when Kenning’s trial was given the green light. Initially set for March 2025, it had to be delayed again after Kenning’s defense team introduced a slate of last minute witnesses and documents that the prosecution had not had prior access to.

Kenning’s sentence was handed down by District Court Judge Nathaniel Welte.

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