United States Attorney's Office for the District of Kansas
09/26/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/26/2025 16:59
Kansas woman sentenced for murder of U.S. soldier husband
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Kansas woman sentenced for murder of U.S. soldier husband
Friday, September 26, 2025
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For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Kansas
TOPEKA, KAN. A Kansas woman was sentenced to 293 months in prison for the murder of her husband, a U.S. Army soldier.
On February 14, 2025, a federal jury found Margaret E. Shafe, 31, guilty of murder in the second degree for killing her husband, Greg Shafe, in February 2024 at their home on the Fort Riley military installation. Evidence presented at trial showed that Shafe shot her husband in the face while in the presence of two minor children.
"Margaret Shafe deserves to go to prison. The evidence in this case showed she murdered her husband while the couple's two young daughters were in the home," said U.S. Attorney Ryan A. Kriegshauser. "The Court heard brave testimony from Ms. Shafe's own daughter who witnessed her mother shoot her stepfather in a fury."
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Department of Army Criminal Investigation Division, and Fort Riley Fire and Emergency Services investigated the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Sara Walton and Lindsey Debenham and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Robin Graham prosecuted the case.
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Updated September 26, 2025
Topic
Violent Crime
Component
USAO - Kansas
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