Motel Murders

29 year-old Jonathan Whitworth was sentenced in Missoula District Court on Tuesday to consecutive terms of 100 years in prison with no parole for at least 30 years for the drug related shooting deaths of two people that occurred almost exactly two years ago.

18 year-old Preston Rossbach is on trial for murder in the Missoula District Courtroom of Judge Leslie Halligan.

29 year-old Jonathan Whitworth, the man charged with two murders at a downtown motel in October, 2018, plans to ask a District Court judge for a change of venue

18 year-old Preston Rossbach appeared before District Judge Leslie Halligan on Thursday seeking to have his deliberate homicide case moved from District Court to Youth Court.

Missoula Mayor John Engen introduced his proposed Fiscal Year 2020 budget yesterday before the city council.

The omnibus hearing for accused motel murder suspect 27 year-old Jonathan Whitworth has been postponed until November 6, according to Deputy Missoula County Attorney Jordan Kilby.

After further investigation in the double homicide that occurred at a Missoula Motel in October, the Missoula County Attorney’s Office has revised the charges against the two defendants, Jonathan Whitmore and Preston Rossbach.

One of the two suspects in a double murder at a Missoula motel last months was arraigned in District Court yesterday, as Preston Rossbach pleaded not guilty.

Trump rallied Republicans in Belgrade, while Tester and Williams rallied the Democrat faithful in Missoula over the weekend.

The young woman wanted for over a week as a ‘person of interest’ in the motel murders that occurred on October 18 appeared in Missoula Justice Court on Friday on felony drug charges, and was released on her own recognizance.