A BOLO Alert has been issued for Jacob Greer.

A BOLO Alert (Be-on-the-Lookout) has been issued for a man accused of violating pretrial release conditions while awaiting trial on child pornography charges.

Jacob Greer, 22, is being sought by the U.S. Marshals Service Montana Violent Offender Task Force. Greer allegedly absconded while awaiting trial for distribution and receipt of child pornography. He was last seen in the Kalispell area.

Greer is described as a white male, 6-feet, 2-inches tall, 245 pounds with blue eyes and blonde hair.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Marshals Service at 406-247-7030 or local law enforcement.

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(HELENA) A 49-year old Helena man stands accused of sexually assaulting a young child for two-years.

Scott Alan Cook was charged in Justice Court  Monday afternoon with one count of sexual assault.

Prosecutors say a three-year-old child told her care-giver that cook would sexually assault her.

Cook denied any wrong-doing when he was questioned by investigators, saying he didn’t even change the child’s diapers.

If convicted, cook faces 100-years-to-life in prison.

Cook will be arraigned November 30.

His bond has been set at $75,000.

Reporter: Dennis Carlson

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(HELENA) A Helena man is charged with sexual intercourse without consent after allegedly sexually assaulting a 17-month-old child.

23-year-old Dylan Houston Dunn was arrested on November 8 after the victim’s mother discovered significant injury to her 17-month-old daughter while changing her diaper.

According to court documents, the victim’s mother stated that her daughter had spent much of the day with Dunn and that he was the only other person who was alone with her daughter during the day.

The victim’s mother also stated that Dunn drove her to work to collect her paycheck around noon before driving them to Van’s Thriftway.  While the victim’s mother was in Van’s, Dunn was alone in the car with her daughter.

About five minutes later when she walked out of Van’s, she noticed that Dunn and her daughter were gone and spent the next 15-20 minutes searching for them.

When the victim’s mother located Dunn, he told her that he took his daughter to the restroom with him because he did not want to leave her alone.

Court documents also say that Dunn seemed infatuated with the 17-month-old after the incident at Van’s Thriftway, would not put her down, and repeatedly kiss her on the mouth.

Investigators obtained surveillance video showing Dunn inside the store with the child.

Dunn initially denied leaving the car with the child, but court documents say after investigators continue to inform him what they found on the surveillance video he admitted that he went into the store to hand the 17-month-old to her mother and claimed that he went to the bathroom alone.

Later on, Dunn also admitted taking the child into the men’s bathroom.

On November 10 the victim’s mother told investigators that Dunn gave her daughter multiple kisses on her cheeks and her lips. She also stated that she found it strange and inappropriate for a non-family member to kiss her child on the lips.

Dunn’s bond has been set at $100,000 and will be arraigned on November 30.

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Vernelle Badbear (left) Freman Bends (right) (Photos from Facebook)

(MTN News-BILLINGS) Vernelle Badbear has been charged in Crow Tribal Court with the murder of Freman Bends, whose body was discovered Saturday near Garryowen.

Badbear is charged in tribal court with deliberate homicide, according to Robert LaFountain, the tribal prosecutor.

Court documents detailing the charge against Badbear were not available on Tuesday.

Bends’ body was found Saturday in an area about four miles south of Garryowen.

Big Horn County Coroner Terry Bullis did not comment on how long Bends had been dead.

The autopsy was completed Monday but Bullis has not yet released the cause of death.

It’s unclear how Badbear is connected to Bends, but her Facebook page shows her and Bends together with children.

She is being held on $100,000 bond.

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Reporter: Aja Goare

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(MTN News-BILLINGS) A second man charged in the death of a Billings man last year has pleaded not guilty.

Ross Duane Breshears, 37, was arraigned in Yellowstone County District Court on Tuesday on the charge of deliberate homicide.

According to court documents, Breshears and co-defendant Garrett Crandell were attempting a robbery at a home on the 500 block of North 24th Street when they confronted Clinton Oldbull.

Prosecutors say either Breshears or Crandell shot and killed Oldbull around 2 a.m. on Oct. 16, 2015.

Breshears has a felony record and was charged with felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm by a person convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence last year.

Last week, Breshears was sentenced to five years in prison for the two crimes.

Bond for the charge of deliberate homicide was set at $500,000.

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(MTN News-MISSOULA) The Missoula County Sheriff says a 39-year-old Missoula man has been identified as the deceased man found in the Clark Fork River on Saturday.

Sheriff TJ McDermott identified the man as Timothy Moench of Missoula.

Missoula police responded around 2 p.m. Saturday after a witness called in to report what appeared to be an unconscious man in the water.

Sergeant Travis Welsh says the man was fully clothed when removed from the water and was already dead.

Welsh says there were no obvious signs of physical trauma or foul play to the man, and his body has been sent to the Montana State Crime Lab to determine a cause of death.

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(HELENA) A Broadwater County man who has tied up countless county commission meetings for years with long and rambling anti-government lectures is on trial this week.

John Edwin Wright is accused of threatening local officials and tampering with public records.

After he lost at 1993 mining claim case in district court, Wright allegedly launched a campaign against county officials with a blizzard of paperwork.

Wright is accused of 9-felonies for placing nearly 100-million dollars worth of bogus property liens against Broadwater county officials.

In opening arguments, prosecutor Cory Swanson said Wright created a phony court in his living room by filing large numbers of fake documents against officials with which he disagreed.

“Didn’ t have witnesses against the people, didn’t t have evidence against the people, didn’t t have a neutral fact finder. You will see that in fact, Mr. Wright was the prosecutor, he was the judge, he was the jury, and then he was the guy who executed those judgment liens,” said Swanson.

Wright’s defense attorney declined to give an opening statement.

The trial is scheduled to last the rest of this week.

Reporter: Dennis Carlson

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(MTN News-BILLINGS) A man serving time in prison for a brutal murder on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in 2003 was re-sentenced Tuesday after arguing he did not receive adequate representation.

Jitawee Curly Bear Cub, 29, was re-sentenced in U.S. District Court in Great Falls for the beating and stabbing death of a Fort Peck tribal member in 2003.

Bear Cub received five fewer years in prison for the second-degree murder conviction he was originally sentenced for in 2008.

Judge Brian Morris sentenced Bear Cub to just less than 11 years in prison.

That sentence will run consecutive to the 18-month prison sentence Bear Cub received last year in Texas for melting plastic into a weapon at the prison.

Once he completes his sentence, Bear Cub is required to be under lifetime supervision due to a sexual assault conviction in 2005.

He was found guilty at trial of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old boy in 2004.

Leading up to Tuesday’s hearing, Bear Cub argued that he did not have the opportunity to file a timely appeal to his murder sentence before the deadline because he could never reach his attorney.

He also argued that prosecutors violated certain terms of the plea agreement by not giving him credit for accepting responsibility.

Bear Cub, who was 17 at the time of the murder, was one of two people convicted for the murder of Richard Red Dog.

Bear Cub’s co-defendant, Jordan Martell, was sentenced to life in prison.

According to court documents, Bear Cub, Martell and another person met with the victim the night of the attack to have Red Dog buy them alcohol.

Bear Cub and Red Dog then got into a fight, which became physical.

Martell stepped in and began beating and kicking Red Dog as he was on the ground.

The group persuaded Red Dog to get into the car with them and they took him to a secluded area and assaulted him further.

One of the people in the group who witnessed the assault told investigators that Red Dog was hit in the head with a baseball bat until his skull was exposed.

Bear Cub and Martell kicked Red Dog in the face until he was unconscious, according to court documents.

Bear Cub then whipped Red Dog with a chain that had a padlock attached.

Martell gave Bear Cub a knife and he stabbed Red Dog in the chest and throat.

Red Dog’s lifeless body was placed in the trunk of the vehicle and taken to a nearby bridge. His body was dropped into the Missouri River and has never been found.

Bear Cub was eventually arrested and booked into the detention facility.

While at the jail, Bear Cub joined a group of other inmates who severely beat another inmate.

“The Defendant is an extremely dangerous, predatory, and unrepentant murderer,” said prosecutors in the original sentencing memorandum.

Bear Cub filed a complaint arguing that it was not right for prosecutors to recommend a greater sentence than originally offered for his guilty plea.

He also argued that if his attorney had been actively involved in his case, the so-called breach of the agreement would have been noticed before the deadline to file an appeal.

Prosecutors argued that even if Bear Cub’s attorney had filed the appeal promptly, there was no guarantee that he would be granted the appeal.

A judge ruled for Bear Cub and granted him a new sentencing hearing.

On Tuesday, the judge re-sentenced Bear Cub to 128 months in prison and close to $8,000 in restitution.

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(MTN News-BILLINGS) Convicted killer Barry Beach has bonded out of the Yellowstone County jail.

According to Beach’s attorney, Tim Baldwin, Beach was released following a Billings City Court hearing Monday morning.

The City of Billings has filed a complaint against Beach for allegedly violating a restraining order against him.

The order of protection was granted to a woman on Oct. 28. On Nov. 6, the woman called Billings police and said Beach had failed to stay away from her.

Beach’s attorney said the order of protection has to do with a child custody issue, which is to be worked out in Yellowstone County District Court. He said Beach and the woman will meet in court to discuss a parenting plan.

Baldwin said Beach will appear in City Court again in December.

Baldwin said there has been no motion filed to revoke the suspension of Beach’s sentence based on his conduct.

In a court appearance last week, Beach’s probation officer said Beach had “exercised very poor judgment by violating the restraining order while also wearing a GPS monitoring system.”

Beach was convicted of deliberate homicide in 1984 for the killing of Kimberly Nees in Poplar.

He was granted clemency by Gov. Steve Bullock last November after spending over 30 years in prison.

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(MTN News-POPLAR) A man serving time in prison for a brutal murder on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in 2003 was re-sentenced Tuesday after arguing he did not receive adequate representation.

Jitawee Curly Bear Cub, 29, was re-sentenced in U.S. District Court in Great Falls for the beating and stabbing death of a Fort Peck tribal member in 2003.

Bear Cub received five fewer years in prison for the second-degree murder conviction he was originally sentenced for in 2008.

Judge Brian Morris sentenced Bear Cub to just less than 11 years in prison.

That sentence will run consecutive to the 18-month prison sentence Bear Cub received last year in Texas for melting plastic into a weapon at the prison.

Once he completes his sentence, Bear Cub is required to be under lifetime supervision due to a sexual assault conviction in 2005.

He was found guilty at trial of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old boy in 2004.

Leading up to Tuesday’s hearing, Bear Cub argued that he did not have the opportunity to file a timely appeal to his murder sentence before the deadline because he could never reach his attorney.

He also argued that prosecutors violated certain terms of the plea agreement by not giving him credit for accepting responsibility.

Bear Cub, who was 17 at the time of the murder, was one of two people convicted for the murder of Richard Red Dog.

Bear Cub’s co-defendant, Jordan Martell, was sentenced to life in prison.

According to court documents, Bear Cub, Martell and another person met with the victim the night of the attack to have Red Dog buy them alcohol.

Bear Cub and Red Dog then got into a fight, which became physical.

Martell stepped in and began beating and kicking Red Dog as he was on the ground.

The group persuaded Red Dog to get into the car with them and they took him to a secluded area and assaulted him further.

One of the people in the group who witnessed the assault told investigators that Red Dog was hit in the head with a baseball bat until his skull was exposed.

Bear Cub and Martell kicked Red Dog in the face until he was unconscious, according to court documents.

Bear Cub then whipped Red Dog with a chain that had a padlock attached.

Martell gave Bear Cub a knife and he stabbed Red Dog in the chest and throat.

Red Dog’s lifeless body was placed in the trunk of the vehicle and taken to a nearby bridge. His body was dropped into the Missouri River and has never been found.

Bear Cub was eventually arrested and booked at the detention facility.

While at the jail, Bear Cub joined a group of other inmates who badly beat another inmate.

“The Defendant is an extremely dangerous, predatory, and unrepentant murderer,” said prosecutors in the original sentencing memorandum.

Bear Cub filed a complaint arguing that it was not right for prosecutors to recommend a greater sentence than originally offered for his guilty plea.

He also argued that if his attorney had been actively involved in his case, the so-called breach of agreement would have been noticed prior to the deadline to file an appeal.

Prosecutors argued that even if Bear Cub’s attorney had filed the appeal in a timely manner, there was no guarantee that he would be granted the appeal.

A judge ruled in favor of Bear Cub and granted him a new sentencing hearing.

On Tuesday, the judge re-sentenced Bear Cub to 128 months in prison and close to $8,000 in restitution.

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(HELENA) A trial scheduled for January has been delayed for a Helena man accused of arson.

Frederick James Maw’s defense attorney says her client needs a mental health evaluation.

A year ago, Maw was given a 20-year suspended sentence for setting a series of arson fires in Lewis and Clark and Broadwater counties in the spring of 2013.

He’s accused of setting another arson fire on the Triple-8 Ranch this past April.

Lawyers in the case say maw needs to be evaluated at the state hospital to determine his competency and whether or not he suffers from a mental disease or defect.

The trial has now been rescheduled for March 6.

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Thomas Wehner (Photo: Cascade County Detention Center)

(MTN News-GREAT FALLS) Thomas Joseph Wehner Jr. was sentenced on Wednesday by U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morris to 17.5 years in prison followed by six years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine resulting in death.

Wehner had been implicated in the death of Edward Hyatt, whose body was found in the front lawn of a home at 13th Avenue SW in Great Falls on October 1st of 2015.

Wehner entered a guilty plea to the charge in August.

In a press release, the U.S. Department of Justice said that if the case gone to trial, prosecutors were prepared to prove that on September 22, 2015, deputies in Boundary County, Idaho, responded to a report of a business burglary.  The business owner told authorities that chainsaws, gold, numerous firearms, and his truck had been stolen during the preceding night.

The business owner told authorities two days later that he had visited Wehner’s home to discuss a business issue and observed a chainsaw he believed to be one of the ones stolen in the partially opened trunk of a car.

On September 30, 2015, Meagher and Broadwater County deputies, along with Montana Highway Patrol Officers, responded to a high speed pursuit between White Sulphur Springs and Townsend.  The driver eventually stopped and law enforcement identified the vehicle as belonging to Wehner, although he was not in the vehicle when it was stopped.

Through communication with Boundary County deputies, Montana law enforcement determined that the vehicle contained one of the firearms that had been reported stolen, and that Wehner had at one point been in the vehicle.

The morning of October 1, Great Falls police officers were dispatched to a report of a dead male.  The deceased victim’s wife told law enforcement that Wehner had shown up at her house the previous evening with several water bottles of what he said was “pure dope.”  The defendant and the victim proceeded to drink out of one of the bottles and the victim became agitated and died sometime during the early morning.

One of the recovered water bottles was sent to the DEA lab for testing and was determined to contain a half gram of methamphetamine with a purity of 100%.  An autopsy revealed that the victim had died after ingesting a lethal amount of methamphetamine.

“Highest amount of methamphetamine intoxication recorded in the state of Montana”

Court documents state that the toxicology analysis indicated the presence of both methamphetamine and amphetamine in Hyatt’s blood and urine. The methamphetamine was quantitated in his blood at 38 MG/L and the amphetamine was quantitated in his blood at .19 MG/L, which, collectively, is “likely the highest amount of methamphetamine intoxication recorded in the state of Montana.”

Almost simultaneously, Judith Basin County deputies responded to a call from a woman in Hobson, MT.  She said that the defendant had shown up at her home that morning driving a rental vehicle.  He was behaving erratically and stated that there was a dead body lying on the ground in Great Falls.  She later called the authorities again to inform them that Wehner was at a nearby bank.

Detectives found him at the bank, and Wehner agreed to accompany them to the police station to be interviewed.  In Wehner’s rented vehicle, detectives found hydrocodone pills, a black suitcase with two water bottles and a ziplock bag that contained methamphetamine.

Wehner admitted that he had provided the methamphetamine to the victim and had intended to provide him with some of the drug to sell.  He also admitted to the Idaho burglary.

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(MTN News-GREAT FALLS) The Great Falls Police Department is asking for help finding Katrina Meyer.

The GFPD said on Thursday afternoon that Meyer is 15 years old and that she left her home, without permission, on August 27, 2016.

She has eluded all attempts by family and law enforcement to contact her since then, according to the GFPD.

Meyer is 5’4″, about 190 pounds, brown eyes, with multiple piercings, and when last seen had multi-colored hair.

Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to call the GFPD at 406-727-7688, extension #5.

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Cody Knez, Steven Banks and Tyler Johnson each face negligent arson charges.

(MTN News-HAMILTON) Three young men accused of leaving a campfire that started the nearly 9,000-acre Roaring Lion fire in western Montana last summer say they are not guilty. 

The three are Steven Banks, Cody Knez, and Tyler Johnson, all 18 years old.

A juvenile female has also been charged, but her name has not been released.

Each is charged with misdemeanor negligent arson for endangering and damaging property, and one count of felony negligent arson for endangering lives of residents and responders, according to a press release.

Ravalli County Undersheriff Steve Holton said says the group had camped near the trailhead days before the forest fire started, and that their fire ring was constructed “amidst flammable materials which allowed the fire to creep undetected for some time after the campers left the area believing the fire was extinguished.”

He says they left the camp without completely extinguishing the fire, and when the weather turned dry with gusty winds, the wildfire ignited.

Photos posted on social media linked the four to the fire in late October.

Prosecutors say the group ‘knowingly starting a fire on public property, thereby negligently causing a fire that placed other persons in danger of death of serious bodily injury.’

The fire ended up costing more than $10 million to fight, destroying more than a dozen homes in the process, and causing hundreds of people to evacuate.

The three remain free and will make their next court appearance on December 8th.

Holton also noted that the Salvation Army is still accepting donations for victims of the Fire. The Ravalli County Office of Emergency Management will assist coordination of donations and can be contacted at 406-375-6655.

16 homes and 49 other structures were destroyed or damaged by the fire.

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Barry Beach (MTN News file photo)

(MTN News-BILLINGS) Barry Beach’s fate could very well end up back in the hands of the Montana Attorney General.

Following an arrest for violating the terms of his release last week, the State now must decide whether or not to prosecute a revocation of his sentence.

Normally, the charging county would make the decision, but Roosevelt County cited a conflict which means the case is now in the hands of the Attorney General.

Eric Sells, communications director for the Montana Attorney General’s Office, said they have yet to reach a decision but are monitoring all proceedings closely.

Beach was jailed last week after he reportedly failed to follow a recent order or protection filed against him. The order was granted to a woman with whom he fathered a child, during in his brief time out of prison several years ago.

According to charging documents, GPS monitoring corroborates with the woman’s claims that Beach failed to stay away from her and her family. The woman told police Beach was parked outside her home just one week after her protection order was granted.

The documents state Beach followed the woman and her family when they left their residence. The woman spotted Beach parked at a nearby parking lot and when they passed, he quickly followed in his vehicle.

When the woman called police, she said Beach drove off in a different direction. The woman claims Beach has continually harassed her since their brief relationship ended over four years ago.

Even after he went back to prison, they remained in contact to discuss what role, if any, Beach would have in the life of his son. In the documents, the woman said he did not want a relationship with the boy, citing his “high profile.”

Despite that, he continued to contact the woman. She said Beach went as far as to try and contact her through her current boyfriend and ex-husband.

The order of protection granted in late October stipulated Beach was not to be within 300-feet of her or her children until the matter was resolved.

On Thursday, Beach appeared in Billings Municipal Court for a GPS monitoring issue. Beach’s attorney Tim Baldwin said when the city imposed restriction zones it included a large area of downtown including Baldwin’s office  and the court.

The judge approved changing the GPS zones to allow Beach access to those areas.

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KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — A Bigfork man has been sentenced to four years in prison for felony stalking, including cutting off a GPS monitor and traveling to Colorado where he was arrested within a mile of the woman’s house.

District Judge David Ortley sentenced Severin Gislason on Nov. 15 to 15 years in prison with 11 years suspended, The Daily Inter Lake  reports.

Ortley required Gislason, 21, to complete substance abuse and cognitive behavioral treatment before becoming eligible for parole. He must also pay restitution for the victim’s therapy and for an earlier burglary conviction.

Gislason was on probation following the 2014 burglary conviction and was ordered by a court in September 2014 not to contact the woman, but continued to text her and used a phone app to disguise his number, prosecutors said.

He was charged with felony stalking in 2015 and was released from jail with a GPS monitor. He cut the monitoring bracelet off at the Kalispell airport and took a bus to Colorado, prosecutors said. After his arrest, Gislason asked corrections officers if he could call his father, but used the phone to call and harass the woman, prosecutors said.

Gislason acted as his own attorney to confront the woman during his trial, prosecutors said. He had a loud outburst in court and was removed by police officers before pleading guilty.

“Severin Gislason is hands-down the most manipulative defendant I’ve ever prosecuted,” said Deputy Flathead County Attorney Alison Howard, who sought a 35-year prison sentence.

Public defender Jessica Polan and Gislason’s family asked Ortley to take into consideration that mental health professionals believe Gislason could do well with treatment for addiction and a personality disorder.

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Tracy Lynn Bossie has been charged after she allegedly stabbed a man in Great Falls on Saturday night.

(MTN News-GREAT FALLS) Tracy Lynn Bossie has been charged after she allegedly stabbed a man in Great Falls on Saturday night.

The victim sustained stab wounds to his neck and lower-left thoracic area; his current condition has not been disclosed.

Court documents state that Bossie drove up to a fire station in Great Falls on Saturday night with her horn blaring.

Firefighters saw that she had several injuries on both of her arms, and was covered in blood. Bossie told the firefighter that she had stabbed someone several times in the neck and the back, and she thought that he was dead.

She reportedly told the firefighter that she did it because she believed that the victim had molested her children.

Bossie was taken to Benefis Health System for her injuries.

Police officers and emergency medical personnel were dispatched to the crime scene on the 1500 block of 19th Avenue South, where they found the victim in a recliner with stab wounds to his neck and lower-left thoracic area. He was taken to Benefis hospital; in the emergency department, according to court documents, he stated, “Tracy stabbed me.”

Bossie’s son told dispatchers that his brother had received a phone call from Bossie stating that she had stabbed the victim and cut her hand.

Court documents state that Bossie and the victim have been engaged “in prior communications” over the phone and in person, and that “confrontations between the two have arisen” in recent weeks.

Bossie admitted to medical personnel that she had been drinking alcohol that night.

Bossie has been charged with assault with a weapon.

Court documents state that bail for Bossie was requested at $200,000.

We will update you as we get more information.

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(MTN News-GREAT FALLS) David Hyslop, convicted for killing 2-year-old October Perez in Great Falls, has been denied a new trial.

Hyslop was sentenced to 100 years in the Montana State Prison without parole.

He claims he had insufficient counsel during the trial in 2012.

Hyslop represented himself on Friday in front of Judge Elizabeth Best.

Both of his original lawyers testified during Friday’s hearing.

Judge Elizabeth Best determined that most of Hyslop’s arguments were not supported and she dismissed the petition.

David Hyslop

(Originally aired June 25, 2014) October Perez was pronounced brain dead at 1:28 a.m. on Saturday, June 25, 2011, due to severe bruising and blunt force head trauma that was consistent with child abuse.

“She died too young, because she was little. She was only two,” said April Hall, October’s paternal grandmother.

David Hyslop, the sole caregiver at the time October sustained fatal injuries, was charged with deliberate homicide and sentenced to 100 years in prison without parole.

Hyslop told investigators he had no idea about October’s death, but then later admitted to “dropping” October.

“No matter what a two year old ever does, no matter how angry you get, there is no excuse to beating a 2-year-old to death,” stated Christina Hall, October’s aunt.

Hyslop’s brother later testified to police that he once heard three solid hits from the downstairs area. That series of noise was followed by October making a gurgling sound. Hyslop told him “I hit her, but I will take care of it.”

“We knew he was being abusive because of what momma told us,” shared April.

April continuously noticed numerous marks on the young girl, but says she wasn’t able to get anyone to pay attention. That is, except October’s father, who was serving in Afghanistan at the time of his daughter’s death.

Michael Arndt confronted October’s mother Kristy after seeing pictures of the girl that showed bruises. This was also after hearing that the girl was missing hair, and even teeth.

“I asked her what was the deal with her teeth and hair missing? She told me ‘oh, everything is fine. She’s alright. She’s okay. And there were no problems there.’ So, I said ‘missing teeth? missing hair? It doesn’t add up.’ It was like talking to a wall basically. There was no effort what so ever to do anything,” shared Arndt.

“This is why Family Services and I had a showdown. They called and told me I had 20 minutes to return her to her mother because that wasn’t enough evidence to take her out the house,” said April.

April also says these conditions should have alerted authorities that something wasn’t right. She says the Montana Child and Family Services Division (CFSD) even visited the home, but found no reason to take any action.

We asked the Division to comment. Officials gave us this statement: “State law prohibits the Department of Public Health & Human Services from commenting on specific child protection cases.”

“Family services was working there all that time, when the teeth and hair started to go missing, and they did nothing,” said April.

CFSD also added: “The safety of Montana’s kids is everyone’s responsibility.”

April says they didn’t do enough to ensure that safety.

“I fought so hard to get her out of there. Between calling Family Services and the Police. In fact, they (police) did a check two weeks before she died. They saw teeth were missing, but they did nothing,” mentioned April.

Doing nothing was the same thing, April says, the mother did — besides calling police when it was too late, and when murder was proclaimed in October’s living space.

“…and I know the mother (is saying) in the end, ‘well I didn’t turn it in because I was afraid they would take my kids away again;’ so, you let him kill her?” said April.

Three years later, the family is still mourning.

“I always think of all the things I’ve missed out on since she died; like her first day of school would’ve been this year,” shared Christina.

“I’d like to tell her that daddy loves her, and I wish I could’ve been there to save her. I’m sorry this had to happen to her. No two year old deserves this – no little girl deserves this,” stated Arndt.

“I’m just so sorry it happened. I feel like I failed her. I really do,” said April.

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(MTN News-MISSOULA)  The Missoula County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate a weekend high-speed chase that involved a recent escapee from the Butte pre-release center.

The incident began at around 10:40 a.m. on Sunday when a vehicle was reported stolen in the Missoula city limits.  Just 30 minutes later, an officer saw the stolen vehicle on Interstate 90 traveling eastbound.

The officer tried to initiate a traffic stop, but a pursuit ensued when the driver continued into East Missoula and then to Bonner without stopping — with speeds eventually reaching up to 100 mph.

The suspect turned off of Montana Highway 200 onto Johnsrud Road where the pursuit continued in the mountains until the suspect turned around and headed back toward Missoula.

After hitting two sets of spike strips, the suspects vehicle was eventually stopped at the intersection of Pine and Orange Streets in downtown Missoula. The Sheriff’s Office reports that the suspects arrested Jacob Siebert, Roger Gillespie and Shelby Shields.

Authorities say that Gillespie was a recent escapee from a Butte pre-release center.

Several patrol vehicles were damaged during the pursuit, but no injuries have been reported.

Roger Gillespie, Jacob Siebert, Shelby Shields (Missoula County Sheriff’s Office booking photos)

(MTN News-MISSOULA) Three suspects involved in a pursuit that started in Missoula on Sunday morning face charges after being apprehended near Saint Francis Xavier Church in Missoula.

Missoula County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Brenda Bassett says the incident began after a pickup truck as reported missing at in the 2000 block of Kensington Avenue was sighted by police around at 11:15 a.m.

The pursuit began when officers initiated a traffic stop and the three suspects — two females and one male — fled through East Missoula on Montana Highway 200.

Authorities sat the chase reached speeds of up to 100 mph before the suspects turned onto Johnsrud Road and headed into a mountainous area. Deputies pursued them up the road and set up a spike strip as the suspects circled back around to get back onto Highway 200.

Only one tire of the pickup truck hit the spike strip, and the driver headed back down Highway 200 toward Missoula. Bassett says that officers set up another spike strip, and the three other tires on the pickup were damaged, but the driver continued fleeing from the officers on the rims of the tires.

One Bonner resident witnessed a majority of the chase as it played out on Highway 200.

“I pulled over right before Bonner and watched figuring it was a pursuit, and maybe I could get a picture… and it wasn’t five minutes after I pulled in that here comes a line of cop cars following the suspects,” Gary Clark told MTN News.

The chase — which damaged several law enforcement vehicles — finally ended at the intersection of Pine and Orange Streets in downtown Missoula where the three suspects were taken into custody.

Missoula Police Sergeant Jerry Odlin says the Missoula Police Department, the Missoula County Sheriff’s Department, the Montana Highway Patrol, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and U.S. Forest Service law enforcement were all involved in the pursuit. 

Multiple vehicles were damaged, including the stolen car, however, nobody was injured, according to Odlin. 

“As of this point, there are no officers hurt. I have not been made aware if the suspects are injured at any point or in anyway,” Odlin said. “They were transported to St. Patrick Hospital for clearance before being transported to jail.”

Odlin added that officers worked with On-Star to help locate the stolen vehicle. No other information on the suspects is being released at this time.

– information from Augusta McDonnell included in this report.

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