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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mead Gruver and Jacques Billeaud

Kristi Noem under scrutiny after man she freed faces charges in niece’s death

Two men, including one whose life sentence was commuted by then-South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, have been charged in the death of a 14-year-old girl whose body was found in a rural area five days after she went missing in March.

McKenna Wendel was reported missing on March 13 and last seen alive in her hometown of Sioux Falls early on March 14. Her body was found outside Brookings, an hour's drive north of Sioux Falls, on March 19.

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