Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Neglect Resulting in Death of a Child

A Red Lake man has been sentenced for child neglect following the death of a child. 

According to U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger, Julius Fineday, Senior (42) was sentenced to five years in prison followed by two years of supervised release. 

Fineday pleaded guilty in March to one count of felony child neglect causing the death of a child. His co-defendant, Sharon Rosebear, was convicted of felony child neglect following an April 2024 jury trial and is awaiting sentencing. 

According to court documents, the cause of death was determined to be the combined effects of malnutrition and Group A Streptococcal infection, resulting from neglect. Chief Judge Schiltz emphasized that Fineday neglected the child in “nearly every way” a caretaker can neglect a child, noting that Fineday had deprived her of necessary nutrition, had failed to address head lice, and had kept her from attending school where she would have received meals the school provided, and had failed to take the child to the doctor for three years other than for COVID vaccinations for which the household received cash incentives.

Chief Judge Schiltz also noted that she was “not just thin, but skeletal” at the time of her death in December 2022. Chief Judge Schiltz also emphasized that the sentence of 60 months should signal to all those caring for children that “neglecting or abusing a child will result in negative consequences not only for the child, but also the responsible adult.”