A 46-year-old northwestern Minnesota man was sentenced to 40 years in prison Wednesday for killing his wife just a few months after his plea for an early release from federal prison was granted.
Eric J. Reinbold, 46, of Oklee, was sentenced in Pennington County District Court after he was convicted last September of second-degree murder in the death of 34-year-old Lissette Reinbold.
Prosecutors alleged Reinbold killed his wife in anger on July 9, 2021, after accusing her of cheating and because she was rejecting his demands for sex.
With credit for time in jail since his arrest, Reinbold is expected to serve about 25 years and four months in prison and the balance on supervised release.
One of Lissette Reinbold's children found her body beside her vehicle. She had suffered stab wounds to her neck, torso and upper extremities, according to the criminal complaint.
Officers arrested Reinbold nearly four weeks later in woods close to his parents' property north of Oklee.
Lissette Reinbold's death occurred less than four months after her husband was granted an early "compassionate release" from federal prison in Oxford, Wis., where he was serving time for possessing pipe bombs.
His five-year sentence initially had called for imprisonment until February 2022, but U.S. District Judge John Tunheim set Reinbold free in March 2021.