German Exchange Student

The State of Montana issued its response late Tuesday afternoon to arguments put forth by attorneys for convicted murderer Markus Kaarma in asking for a new trial.

Today is the day that convicted murderer Markus Kaarma will learn his fate.

Interest in the Markus Kaarma murder trial in Missoula reaches far past the borders of Missoula, Montana and the United States.

The deliberate homicide trial of Markus Kaarma is set to begin Monday morning, December 1, in Missoula District Court.

Missoula District Judge Ed McLean said on Wednesday that he will give local media preferential coverage of the Markus Kaarma trial over that of national and international media.

While defense attorneys want the trial of Markus Kaarma to be held outside of Missoula, county prosecutors want it to stay right here.

German investigators in slain exchange student Diren Dede's hometown of Hamburg have asked authorities in Missoula for details into the investigation of his death.

The Markus Kaarma deliberate homicide case has been bound over to district court.

Two vastly different versions emerged in Missoula Justice Court on how German exchange student Diren Dede, 17, was shot to death early in the morning on April 27 in a garage on Deer Canyon Court.