Courtroom number one was packed with reporters on Thursday for the appearance via video from the Missoula County Jail of accused murderer Jonathan Bertsch.
Julie Blanchard, 52, one of the victims in a shooting rampage that killed one man and critically wounded three others, has died at a hospital in Washington.
Stevensville's Casey Blanchard has returned home from the University of Utah Health Hospital after being severely wounded in the shooting on March 15 which killed one man and also wounded MHP Trooper Wade Palmer
In addition to Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Wade Palmer, another life and another family that was changed forever on March 15 is that of Casey Blanchard, his wife and two children.