32 more years in prison for Missouri man who killed brothers

Published April 25, 2023 10:19 AM

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man already serving life in prison for killing two brothers from Wisconsin over a cattle contract has been sentenced to 32 additional years for a related federal crime. Garland Joseph Nelson of the northwestern Missouri town of Braymer also was ordered to pay $261,000 in restitution Monday in U.S. District Court in Kansas City for defrauding Diemel’s Livestock of Wisconsin. Nelson pleaded guilty in September to two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 24-year-old Justin Diemel and 35-year-old Nicholas Diemel, of Shawano County, Wisconsin. Federal prosecutors say Nelson tried to cover up the cattle fraud scheme by killing the brothers. Nelson pleaded guilty to the fraud charge in October.

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