BILLINGS – A former Billings minister accused of killing his wife during a hunting trip near Red Lodge in 1990 has been extradited to Montana.
Cary Alan Greenlee was arrested in Oregon on Friday and is charged with murdering his wife, 34-year-old Anita Greenlee.
Investigators became suspicious of the 54-year-old Cary Greenlee when he announced shortly after the shooting his intention to marry a 21-year-old woman. He also bought several life insurance policies for his wife naming him as beneficiary.
Cary Greenlee and family members who were on the trip said Anita Greenlee was shot when a rifle she was handling accidentally discharged. But prosecutors say Greenlee’s daughter recently gave a conflicting account of the shooting.
Cary Greenlee is being held at the Yellowstone County jail on $500,000 bail.