Woman sentenced to 35 years for killing 76-year-old

A woman has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for killing a 76-year-old in Faribault.

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Arlene Theresa Bell, 34, was given credit for 698 days already served. She pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in December.

Investigators say Bell stabbed, strangled, and bound 76-year-old Gary Lehmeyer in February 2024 before taking his van and heading south to the Mexico border.

Lehmeyer was physically disabled and had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s about a decade earlier.
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