Sentencing set in deaths of 2 Spirit Lake children

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A man convicted in the brutal killings of two children on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation is facing life in prison without parole.

A federal jury in September found Valentino “Tino’’ Bagola guilty for the May 2011 slayings of 9-year-old Destiny Shaw-Dubois and her 6-year-old brother, Travis DuBois Jr., of St. Michael.

Investigators say the victims were stabbed a total of 100 times.

The case is one of two high-profile indictments involving the deaths of children on the reservation. Last month, a Spirit Lake woman was sentenced to 30 years in prison for throwing a child down an embankment.

The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs took over control of the tribe’s child social services about a year ago.

Sentencing for Bagola is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Monday in Fargo.