Missoula has seen two high profile murder cases in recent days and some citizens are wondering why the death penalty wasn’t invoked in either instance.
37 year-old Scott Austin Price was returned to Missoula from Coeur d’Alene Idaho on Monday by Missoula county sheriff’s officials to face several felony charges.
30 year-old Emanuel Gomez appeared in Missoula Justice Court on Monday afternoon charged with deliberate homicide in the death of 26 year-old Charlie Ann Wyrick. Bail was set at $1 million by Judge Karen Orzech.
Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton told KGVO News that fugitive murder suspect Brendan Meismer was caught late Wednesday afternoon inside a small trailer in the rugged foothills north of Helena.
Law enforcement officers from multiple agencies are on the lookout for 26 year-old Brandon Conrad Meisner, wanted for a suspicious death in Great Falls, who then allegedly carjacked a vehicle and fled to Helena.
Law enforcement officers say a southwestern Montana man told an acquaintance that he shot his family at their one-room cabin because his wife had been "mocking him and riding him all day."
27 year-old Kevin Lino entered a plea of not guilty Tuesday morning in Missoula District Court to the murder of Gilbert Berry under the Reserve Street Bridge in late July.