Yankton man changes plea in manslaughter case

PIERRE South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackleyrecently announced that a Yankton man has pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in connection to a stabbing death that occurred May 22 in Yankton.

Adrian Lund, 32, entered the plea Friday in Yankton County Circuit Court. He will be sentenced at 1 p.m. Feb. 16.

Lund is charged in the stabbing death of Timber Cournoyer at a Yankton residence. She died May 23 in a Sioux Falls hospital.

As part of a plea agreement, prosecutors will recommend an 85-year prison sentence for Lund.

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