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Three Arrested in Death of 12-year-old boy in West Yellowstone
Three people have been arrested on suspicion of deliberate homicide in the death of a 12-year-old boy near West Yellowstone. Gallatin County Sheriff Brian Gootkin says the suspects, including a juvenile male, are scheduled to appear in Justice Court on Thursday morning in Bozeman. James Alex Hurley died on Feb. 3 near West Yellowstone. Initial information does not say how the boy died. The juvenile male is an uncle to Hurley, but the sheriff's office did not indicate if the man and woman who were arrested might be related to the victim.
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