18-year-old pleads guilty to fatally stabbing Spirit Lake man

FARGO — A Spirit Lake Nation man has admitted to fatally stabbing another. Joshua Reece Azure, 18, pleaded guilty on Monday, Oct. 19, in North Dakota U.S. District Court to second-degree felony murder in connection with the Jan. 11 death of 31-year-old Jesse Clark J.C. Davis, also of the Spirit Lake Nation. Azure s sentencing hearing is scheduled for Feb. 3. Court documents give few details in the case, other than to say Azure stabbed Davis in his left thigh at a home in Fort Totten, North Dakota. At the time, Azure was 17 years old, so his name was not made public since he was a child. The case went federal and Azure would have been tried as an adult. Charges were unsealed in early October. Azure had faced life in prison. Federal prosecutors will recommend that he serve 13 years behind bars, Azure s defense attorney Dane DeKrey said. Davis family has concerns that the sentence recommendation is too light, Assistant U.S. Attorney Lori Conroy said. Davis mot