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• Jury finds Montana man guilty of deliberate homicide in ex-girlfriend's death

  May 11, 2011 10:22 PM

  BOZEMAN - A Gallatin County jury deliberated about 2 ½ hours Wednesday afternoon before finding a Three Forks man guilty of deliberate homicide in the shooting death of his ex-girlfriend. Several people, including court staff, deputies and others gathered in Judge Holly Brown's courtroom to hear the verdict, but... more »

• Priority status given for testing of knife found near murder scene in Butte

  April 4, 2011 10:11 PM

  BUTTE - Testing on a knife, recovered near the site of where a man was stabbed to death in Butte, has been given priority status at the state crime lab in Missoula, according to Butte-Silver Bow Police Captain Doug Conway. A large kitchen, butcher-type knife was recovered by officers... more »

• Facebook sued by family of murder victim after grisly picture posted

  March 29, 2011 10:44 PM

  NEW YORK - The outraged family of New York murder victim Caroline Wimmer is taking on Facebook. A paramedic took a cell phone photo of the crime scene and posted it on the site in a case of what parents Martha and Ronald Wimmer are calling "disrespecting the dead."... more »

• Death penalty sought for Christmas Day shooter

  March 9, 2011 11:06 PM

  KALISPELL- Flathead County prosecutors filed paperwork to the state seeking the death penalty for the accused Christmas Day murderer. Attorneys said Tyler Miller deliberately shot and killed Jaimi Hurlburt and her teenage daughter Alyssa Burket. The shooting took place at a home west of Kalispell. Miller is charged... more »

• Man charged in 1991 Great Falls murder now charged in Utah murder

  February 23, 2011 11:20 PM

  GREAT FALLS - Bennett James Pace, once convicted for the 1991 murder of a Great Falls man, has been arrested in Salt Lake City and charged with criminal homicide. Police found the body of a man in his 30s in shed in Salt Lake City last week, and Pace... more »

• Attempted homicide trial starts in Helena

  February 23, 2011 8:49 AM

  HELENA - Opening arguments began late Tuesday afternoon in the trial of Jeremy McGregor who is charged with two counts of attempted deliberate homicide. The 32-year old MacGregor is accused of shooting his wife, Jennifer, and Betsy Mart, the couple's nanny, on April 15th of last year. After... more »

• Coroner: Man killed in Butte had multiple stab wounds

  February 14, 2011 3:51 PM

  BUTTE - The victim of a weekend stabbing death sustained multiple stab wounds and more than one could have been fatal, according to Butte-Silver Bow Coroner Lee LaBreche. Detectives in Butte continue to investigate the weekend stabbing death of Robert Ray Bajzer, 62, who was found dead early Sunday... more »

• Malmstrom airman sentenced for death of toddler Kaelyn Bray

  February 3, 2011 9:31 PM

  GREAT FALLS - Jeremie Hicks was sentenced in Great Falls on Thursday to 100 years in prison for the death of 3-year old Kaelyn Bray. In addition to the 100-year sentence for Kaelyn's death, Hicks also received a five-year sentence for the charge of tampering with physical evidence in... more »

• Teen gets life sentence in Wyoming killing

  January 28, 2011 10:54 AM

  SHERIDAN, WY - A teenager has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the home invasion killing of an elderly businessman in Sheridan. Seventeen-year-old Dharminder Vir Sen, of Sheridan, was sentenced Thursday by District Judge John Fenn on a first-degree murder conviction. Sen, who was 15 at the... more »

• Montana teen's double murder trial begins

  January 24, 2011 4:55 PM

  KALISPELL - The double murder trial for an Evergreen teenager is getting underway in Flathead County District Court. Flathead County prosecutors tell us the trial is expected to take two weeks and the jury selection alone could take two days. 17-year-old Justine Winter is facing two counts of... more »

• UPDATE: 1 dead in Cody attempted murder-sucide

  January 24, 2011 9:31 AM

  CODY, WY - A 62-year-old man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in what police say is an attempted murder-suicide that wounded another man. Cody Police Chief Perry Rockvam says John Tully died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head from a .44 magnum pistol. A story published in... more »

• Army investigator: Drop murder charge against Billings soldier

  December 27, 2010 2:18 PM

  SEATTLE - An Army investigator looking into the case of Washington state-based soldiers who are accused of killing three Afghan civilians for kicks has recommended dropping a murder charge against the alleged ringleader. Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs of Billings is the highest ranking of five soldiers charged. Another defendant... more »

• Judge won't let Sheridan teen withdraw murder plea

  November 30, 2010 5:12 PM

  SHERIDAN, WY - A judge has denied a Sheridan teenager's request to withdraw his guilty pleas to first-degree murder and other crimes in a home invasion killing last year. The Sheridan Press reports District Judge John Fenn on Tuesday denied the request by 17-year-old Wyatt Bear Cloud to withdraw... more »

• Victim, suspect identified in fatal Polson stabbing

  November 29, 2010 8:58 PM

  POLSON - Authorities have identified Frank He Does It as the man who was killed in a Saturday morning stabbing in Lake County. Lake County Sheriff Lucky Larson said that 32-year old He Does It, of St. Xavier, was killed in the early morning attack and that 18-year old... more »

• Hicks found guilty in death of toddler

  November 22, 2010 10:50 PM

  GREAT FALLS - Jeremie Hicks, the 23-year old airman charged in the death of toddler Kaelyn Bray, has been found guilty. The jury returned the verdict just hours after deliberations began on Monday afternoon. Hicks, a Senior Airman at Malmstrom Air Force Base, was charged with deliberate homicide... more »

• Video presented at Hicks toddler homicide trial

  November 18, 2010 9:20 PM

  GREAT FALLS - Day four of the Jerimie Hicks trial took jurors into the room while the 23-year old was questioned by police and into the home where three-year old Kaelyn Bray sustained the injuries that caused her death. A tape from the prosecution showed Hicks giving a statement to... more »

• Doctor, 911 dispatcher testify in toddler murder trial

  November 17, 2010 5:48 PM

  GREAT FALLS - The murder trial of Jeremie Hicks continued on Wednesday, with the jury hearing testimony from emergency personnel, physicians, and a police officer. Hicks, a Malstrom Airman, stands accused of beating and shaking 3 year-old Kaelyn Bray to death. The prosecution interviewed the 911 dispatcher who... more »

• Trial in toddler death continues in Great Falls

  November 16, 2010 11:13 PM

  Update: GREAT FALLS - Opening arguments began this afternoon in the murder trial of Jerimie Hicks, the airman accused of killing three year old Kaelyn Bray in February. Deputy County Attorney Steve Bolstad argued that Hicks lied about how Kaelyn Bray received the fatal injuries. Bolstad also said... more »

• Toddler death trial underway in Great Falls

  November 16, 2010 5:29 PM

  GREAT FALLS - The murder trial of Jerimie Hicks, the Airman accused of killing three-year old Kaylyn Bray in Feb., started on Monday morning with the jury selection process. Before any potential jurors were questioned, Judge Dirk Sandefur addressed pre-trial motions. The defense asked the judge to dismiss... more »

• Roundup man accused of plotting to kill mother

  October 21, 2010 10:10 AM

  BILLINGS - An 18-year-old Roundup man is accused of offering an undercover FBI agent $10,000 to murder his mother and another man. Matthew Russell Campbell appeared in federal court Wednesday after FBI agents arrested him the previous day at the Billings Prerelease Center, where he was being held on a... more »

• Bozeman man admits shooting woman, burning body in barrel

  July 15, 2010 9:50 AM

  BOZEMAN - A Bozeman man admitted Wednesday that he shot and killed a woman whose charred remains were found in a burn barrel outside her Three Forks home last year. Jay Myran, 38, changed his plea exactly two weeks to the day after his teenage son told a judge... more »

• Man accused of murdering common law wife held on $1 million bond

  February 10, 2010 4:37 PM

  BUTTE - A Montana man is being held on $1 million bond in Butte, accused of killing his common-law wife last July on Interstate 82 in Washington. Stephen Harwood, 34, of Thompson Falls appeared Tuesday afternoon before in Judge Brad Newman, where Harwood was charged with first degree murder. ... more »

• Man arrested in Butte for shooting of common-law wife

  February 9, 2010 4:05 PM

  BUTTE - A Montana man has been arrested in Butte for the fatal shooting of his common-law wife on Interstate 82 last July in Washington. Butte Police Captain George Skuletich said Stephen Harwood, 34, was arrested Monday at the Montana Chemical Dependency Center on Continental Drive where he was... more »

• Murder trial delayed

  January 19, 2010 11:47 AM

  BILLINGS -The trial of a Billings man accused of murdering three people has been continued. 47 year old Richard Covington faces three counts of deliberate homicide for the deaths of Norman Leighton, Patti Hubbert and Gerald Morris in 2006, along with 12 additional felonies. Yellowstone County Attorney Dennis Paxinos said... more »

• Molt Murder Suspect Makes Plea

  November 16, 2009 7:15 PM

  Columbus, MT -- A 48-year-old Molt man, suspected of killing his neighbor, pleaded not guilty Monday in Stillwater County District Court. Appearing before Judge Blair Jones, Jeffrey Hardman entered his plea. He's charged with killing his neighbor, Michael Blattie, 33, on October 15th. Authorities found Blattie dead... more »

• Molt Murder Suspect Left Note For Investigators

  November 12, 2009 7:58 PM

  Columbus, MT -- The suspect charged in the fatal shooting of a Molt man last month left a threatening message on the victims cell phone the same day of the shooting. Court documents released Thursday, indicate that investigators also found a note in 48-year-old Jeffrey Hardman's home, signed by... more »