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Benjamin Klaassen sentenced for shooting of Teeter

Benjamin Klaassen was sentenced to 10 to 12 years imprisonment by Judge Derek C. Weimer in Kimball District Court for one count of Assault in the 2nd degree, a Class III felony.

The charges stem from an incident that occurred July 2, 2012, at which time Benjamin and his brother Adam Klaassen, conspired to kill both their grandfather, Cornelius Klaassen, and his girlfriend, Frances Teeter.

According to court documents, in the early hours of July 2, 2012, Ben Klaassen allegedly shot Teeter in her bedroom while she was sleeping, and at the same time Adam readied himself to murder Cornelius wi...

 
 
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