HELENA — Billings officials have dropped a charge that a convicted murderer granted clemency in 2015 violated a restraining order against him.
The Great Falls Tribune reports Billings officials believed they wouldn’t be able to prove the allegations against Barry Beach.
A woman accused Beach of stalking her and violating a temporary restraining order she took out against him. Beach denied the accusation and said the woman is the mother of his son.
It was not immediately clear Monday how the dropped charge will affect the revocation proceedings the state began against Beach after the accusation was made. Department of Corrections spokeswoman Judy Beck did not immediately return a call for comment.
Beach served more than 30 years in prison for the 1979 killing of 17-year-old Kim Nees.