His punishment? Two 40-year sentences for the deaths of Manijeh Starren in 2023 and Fanta Xayavong in 2021. But don’t be fooled: thanks to Minnesota’s laughably lenient laws, this butcher will serve the sentences concurrently and could walk free after serving just two-thirds of his time. That’s right—decades from now, this depraved killer might be back on the streets, while his victims’ families are left to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives.

Let that sink in. A man who hacked apart two women and hid their remains in storage units like they were nothing more than discarded junk could one day be your neighbor. Ramsey County Attorney John Choi called the crimes heinous acts of cruelty, but let’s call them what they are: pure evil. And the so-called justice system is rewarding it with a slap on the wrist.

The nightmare began when Starren’s father reported her missing in April 2023. She was a woman fighting mental health and addiction battles, but that didn’t stop Jorgenson from snuffing out her life. Investigators pieced together surveillance footage, social media activity, and financial records to zero in on Jorgenson. What they found next was the stuff of horror movies: Starren’s dismembered body, stuffed into coolers and a bag, hidden away in a Woodbury storage unit.

But the depravity didn’t end there. While digging into Jorgenson’s twisted trail, authorities uncovered evidence of a second victim—Fanta Xayavong, a woman he had been involved with in 2021. Her remains were discovered in yet another storage locker, this one in Coon Rapids. Two women. Two lives brutally extinguished. Two families destroyed. And for what? A plea deal that lets their killer off easy?

Here’s the hard truth: Minnesota’s justice system is failing. A man who butchered two women and treated their bodies like trash is being handed a sentence that doesn’t come close to matching his crimes. While Jorgenson sits in prison, the families of Starren and Xayavong will spend the rest of their lives haunted by what he did. Is this really justice? Or is it a sickening reminder that the system cares more about protecting killers than honoring their victims?

The question isn’t just how Jorgenson could do something so monstrous—it’s how the system could let him off so lightly. Minnesota, is this the best you can do? Because for the rest of us, it looks like a disgrace.