ST PAUL, Minn. — The former wife of Minnesota's Corrections Commissioner will now serve time in a corrections facility herself after pleading guilty this summer to the attempted murder of her disabled adult son.

Julie Louise Myhre-Schnell was sentenced Friday to a 36-month prison term, with credit for 22 days served.

Myhre-Schnell pleaded guilty in July to one count of attempted first-degree murder in the case. According to a criminal complaint, Myhre-Schnell, 65, admitted to mixing her anti-anxiety pills with water and pouring the solution into her 33-year-old son's feeding bag during a December 2023 visit to the group home where he lives.

“The whole time, I knew I was gonna try to do this,” the defendant allegedly told investigators, according to charging documents. "All night, I was

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