BILLINGS – A Montana man was arrested on suspicion of deliberate homicide in connection to the weekend stabbing death of a 67-year-old female relative, police said.
Police responding to a complaint about a man trespassing Saturday morning at a hotel in Billings found the suspect walking along a roadway. After questioning him, they decided to conduct a welfare check at the home of a family member of the 29-year-old suspect.
At the home they found the victim dead with signs of trauma. Police said they were investigating a stabbing at the residence.
The suspect was being held at the Yellowstone County Detention Center.
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