Dassel Man Pleads Guilty in Wife’s Shooting Death

(Learfield News/Litchfield, MN) — A man from Dassel is pleading guilty to the December 2023 shooting death of his wife.

Meeker County prosecutors say 36-year-old Bryan William Demarais entered a Norgaard plea for the second-degree murder of 29-year-old Kayla Demarais.

That means he acknowledges the state has enough evidence to convict him of the offense.

Demarais has said he was sleep-deprived on the morning of the shooting.

He reportedly shot Kayla over financial problems and because she was having an affair.

Two kids were in the home at the time.

His sentencing hearing is set for July 29th.