A federal jury is debating the fate of a man who is accused of murdering two children on the Spirit Lake Nation in North Dakota.

Closing arguments were held on Thursday in the case of Valentino “Tino” Bagola, 20. He is accused of abusing and murdering Destiny Jane Shaw-DuBois, 9, and Travis Lee DuBois Jr, 6, in a home on the reservation in May 2011.

Bagola did not testify in his own defense. But his attorneys tried to lay the blame on the children's father, Travis DuBois Sr., who initially told FBI agents that he killed them.

DNA evidence and other evidence, however, connected Bagola to the crime, federal prosecutors said.

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Bagola double murder case in hands of jury (The Grand Forks Herald 9/20)
Bagola Trial - double murder case in the hands of twelve jurors (WDAZ 9/19)
Fargo jury gets case of 2 slain Spirit Lake kids (AP 9/19)

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