One of the Montana officials most involved in responding to the tragic shooting of Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Wade Palmer was now former Attorney General Tim Fox.
Missoula District Court Judge Shane Vannatta sentenced Jonathan Bertsch on Wednesday afternoon to four terms of life in the Montana State Prison without the possibility of parole.
The first day of the sentencing hearing for Jonathan Bertsch, the man who confessed to shooting two people to death and critically wounding two others got underway on Tuesday morning in Courtroom 1 in the Missoula County Courthouse.
28 year-old Jonathan Bertsch, the man who has pleaded guilty to killing two people and critically wounding two others on March 14 and 15, 2019, underwent a fitness evaluation pre-sentencing hearing on Friday before District Judge Shane Vannatta.
28 year-old Jonathan Bertsch pleaded guilty to all counts on Friday in Missoula District Court to responsibility for multiple deaths and critical wounds after two incidents in March of 2019. He will be sentenced on August 31.
In Missoula District Court on Friday before Judge Shane Vannata, 28 year-old Jonathan Bertsch pleaded guilty to shooting one person to death on March 14, 2019 and then critically wounding MHP Trooper Wade Palmer early on the morning of March 15...
Courtroom number one was packed with reporters on Thursday for the appearance via video from the Missoula County Jail of accused murderer Jonathan Bertsch.