Family Of Murdered Wright County Boy Gets Justice

CREATED Sep. 28, 2012

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  • Dusty Guenther, 4, was murdered and dumped in a pond in Hartville

A guilty plea in Wright County from a man accused of killing a little boy he was babysitting.

Terry Volner admitted to slashing Dusty Guenther's throat last December, then throwing the 4-year-old's body in a pond.

He'd been babysitting Dusty while the boy's mom was out. Investigators say Volner had romantic feelings for the woman, which he expressed in letters found in the home after the murder.

He's been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole.