Murder Investigation

Double homicide victims identified

Posted: Jan 31, 2012 5:25 PM by Angela Douglas - Q2 News
Updated: Jan 31, 2012 5:51 PM

BILLINGS - Billings police have identified the victims of a double homicide that claimed the lives of two sisters over the weekend.

According to Lieutenant Kevin Iffland, Rose Edwards, 22, and Daisy Edwards, 21, were killed at the Ponderosa Acres Apartment Complex early Sunday morning.

Both women lived in Billings, but only one of them lived at the apartment.

A Billings man was arrested early Monday morning in connection to the murders.

Andrew Denning, 20, has been charged with two counts of deliberate homicide and remains in the Yellowstone County Detention Center tonight.

He is set to make his initial appearance in Justice Court Wednesday afternoon.

Details surrounding the deaths have not been released, but the crime scene has been described by police as "heinous."

A fund for the Edwards Family has been set up at U.S. Bank.

A friend close to the family says the Edwards' have limited funds and will likely have a difficult time affording the funerals.