Lake Andes 18-Year-Old Admits to Manslaughter in Fatal Stabbing

{KXLG – South Dakota} South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced that a Lake Andes man has pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the stabbing death of another man in May 2024.

Mackenzie Antelope, 18, entered his guilty plea on Monday in Charles Mix Circuit Court. He faces a maximum life sentence when sentenced on February 28, 2025.

The incident occurred on May 21, 2024, at a motel in Lake Andes. Antelope was also charged with injuring a second person during the same incident.

The case was investigated by South Dakota’s Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), the Charles Mix County Sheriff’s Office, and the Yankton Sioux Tribal Police. The prosecution is being handled by the Attorney General’s Office and the Charles Mix State’s Attorney’s Office.

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