MOORHEAD (KVRR) – A Minnesota judge has denied a motion to overturn the murder conviction of a woman who pleaded guilty for her role in a 1997 murder in Clay County.
Jamie Dennis-Gianakos pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Anne-Marie Camp of Fargo.
Gianakos was sentenced to 25 years in prison and is currently on supervised release until October.
Gianakos sought to have her conviction overturned through Minnesota’s Felony Reform Act. But the judge’s ruling says Gianakos failed to provide evidence that she did not cause Camp’s death and that she was not a “major participant” in the murder.
Prosecutors say Camp was killed by Gianakos and her husband Michael at an abandoned farm near Sabin, Minnesota because she knew about a motel robbery the couple had staged. Camp was the couple’s babysitter.
Michael is serving life in prison for the murder. His state conviction was overturned, but he was later convicted in federal court.
“The Clay County Attorney’s Office is very pleased with the result, the fact that the rule of law stands and that Ms. Gianakos, who was very involved in the grisly and horrific murder of Ann Marie Camp, was not able to have her murder conviction vacated,” Clay County Attorney Brian Melton said.
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