A missing Minnesota woman's ex was arrested on suspicion of her murder a month after he tried to get custody of their 2 children
- Madeline Kingsbury went missing in Winona, Minnesota, on March 31.
- Police arrested her ex Adam Fravel hours after her body was found concealed off a gravel road.
Sixty-nine days after she went missing, Madeline Kingsbury's body was found concealed in a wooded area off a gravel road in Mavel, Minnesota.
When Winona Police Chief Tom Williams broke the news in a press conference on Wednesday, people could be heard sobbing in the background.
Approximately six hours after the 26-year-old's body was found, police arrested Kingsbury's ex, 29-year-old Adam Fravel. Sheriff John DeGeorge said Fravel owns property within "several minutes" from where her body was found.
Jail records showed Fravel was in custody ahead of his first court appearance, where he's expected to be charged with second-degree murder. Fravel's attorney didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment on Thursday.
In May, Fravel appeared in court to try to get custody of his and Kingsbury's two children, aged 2 and 5, KTTC reported at the time.
The judge denied Fravel's petition on Tuesday and said the kids would stay with Kingsbury's parents, CBS News Minnesota reported.
Kingsbury was last seen dropping the kids off at daycare with Fravel on March 31, Kare 11 reported.
The Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner at Mayo Clinic, which conducted the autopsy, didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment on Kingsbury's cause of death.
In a statement on April 12, Fravel said he wanted Kingsbury "found and brought home safely."
"I have cooperated with law enforcement at every turn, including sitting down for multiple interviews with Winona County law enforcement," the statement said, according to Kare 11. "I did not have anything to do with Maddi's disappearance."
Her sister, Megan Kingsbury, told Kare 11 in April that before Maddi went missing, she and Fravel were still living together but had broken up and he was looking for his own place.