Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Killing His Wife and a Bartender After Suspecting They Were Having an Affair

Mar. 15, 2025

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A Montana man has been sentenced to 140 years in prison after killing his wife and her suspected lover.

Kraig next pulls out the gun from his waistband and shoots Jenny in the head, before firing at Gardner as he retreats to the door. He shoots his wife a second time as she lies on the floor, and Gardner three more times, before leaving the gun on the bar and exiting in his wife’s car.

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Kraig said during cross-examination, per Law and Crime, “[Jenny] told me that she was not going to go home with me, that she was going to go home with Logan. I went outside, and I’m pretty sure that’s why I went outside … and was going back into the bar and having the last conversation.”

He reportedly claimed in court this month that he had no recollection of what occurred afterward.

In a statement before being sentenced, Kraig apologized. “I too lost my best friend that night … the love of my life. Shooting two people in a bar, with witnesses, are not actions with memory, having no memory is no excuse,” he said, per NBC Montana.

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Jenny’s daughter Paige called Kraig “narcissistic” in a statement via Zoom in court. Jenny’s father, Terry Savage, added while crying in court, “Jenny was my only daughter, the joy of my life, my best friend,” the outlet reported.

The Mineral County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

source: people.com