An Anoka man received the maximum 40-year sentence Thursday in Hennepin County District Court for pleading guilty to killing his ex-girlfriend last July inside her Brooklyn Center home.
Michael Isaac Klinger, 37, fatally shot Katie Anne Fredrickson, a 34-year-old mother, on July 31. He was arrested a few hours later with multiple stolen guns, nearly a pound of meth and more than $5,000 in cash. Hennepin County Judge Jay Quam gave him the maximum penalty under law after Klinger pleaded guilty in late December to second-degree murder.
The sentencing was announced in a full courtroom after 11 emotional victim impact statements Thursday morning, including brother Joshua Fredrickson of Crystal.
"One of the unfortunate consequences of having a huge heart is that sometimes one can struggle with healthy boundaries when it comes to toxic people and this situation is no exception," he said in his written statement to the judge.
Joshua Fredrickson said that years ago his family opened the door to Klinger, invited him to holidays and he even allowed him to move in.
"It is hard to imagine, but it is the truth, my family attempted to love on Michael," he wrote, adding that they believed in second chances.
But instead, he said Klinger created a "dark and ominous chasm in the hearts of my family, my community and myself."
"It is here that pain, agonizing pain, suffering, confusion, hatred, rage and insatiable thirst for justice exists," he wrote.
