Browning Man Charged with Covering Up Homicide

A Browning man is charged with covering up the murder of a 71-year-old woman whose body was discovered on her property months after her death.

The Great Falls Tribune reports Thomas Charles Marc Heavy Runner made an initial appearance in federal court in Great Falls on Tuesday on a charge of accessory after the fact in the homicide of Marie Heavy Runner of Browning.

Prosecutors allege she was killed by Mark Saint Storm Heavy Runner on July 1. Her body wasn't discovered until November.

The trial date for Mark Heavy Runner also was set for April 17.

He has pleaded not guilty to charges of both first- and second-degree murder in Marie Heavy Runner's death.