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Browning Man Faces Murder Charge in Woman’s Death

By Beacon Staff

GREAT FALLS – A 44-year-old Browning man faces a second-degree murder charge in the death of a woman whose body was found in her home on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation last November.

The Great Falls Tribune reports Mark Saint Storm Heavy Runner pleaded not guilty in federal court on Friday.

Blackfeet Tribal Law Enforcement Chief Greg Gilham said Friday that Heavy Runner had been jailed in Browning in connection with the death of 71-year-old Marie Heavy Runner. Gilham said he was not sure if the two were related, but a 2002 obituary for Marie Heavy Runner’s husband lists Mark Heavy Runner as one of his sons.

Mark Heavy Runner is one of two suspects in the woman’s death. An unnamed defendant is scheduled to appear in court this week on a first-degree murder charge.