Garage Shooting

Attorneys for convicted murderer Markus Kaarma have officially filed their opening brief for an appeal with the Montana Supreme Court, according to Nate Holloway of Paul Ryan and Associates.

District Judge Ed McLean issued a written ruling on Wednesday clarifying the denial of several motions following the conviction and sentencing of Markus Kaarma.

In a dramatic turn of events on Friday, Janelle Pflager, testifying in the murder trial of her partner and father of her son, Markus Kaarma, denied words she had spoken to a police officer regarding what she heard in the garage moments before the fatal shot was fired that killed Diren Dede,