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Inset: Dean Webb Frost (Yellowstone County Jail). Background: The country successful Huntley, Montana wherever Frost allegedly killed his girlfriend's gramps (Google Maps).
A 41-year-old antheral successful Montana is accused of killing his girlfriend's grandfather, allegedly smothering the 80-year-old antheral to decease — and sending substance messages astir the fatal onslaught — due to the fact that the unfortunate refused to springiness the mates entree to his slope accounts.
Dean W. Frost was taken into custody past week and charged with 1 number of deliberate homicide successful the 2024 slaying of Donald Finch, records reviewed by Law&Crime show. Deputies with the Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office connected Nov. 10 responded to a 911 telephone regarding a suspicious decease wrong a centrifugal location successful the 1700 artifact of Robson Lane successful Huntley, Montana, according to a report from Great Falls CBS affiliate KRTV. The caller was reportedly a household subordinate who had discovered Finch's assemblage and believed the country was suspicious.
Upon arriving astatine the scene, archetypal responders located Finch's assemblage wrong the vehicle, noting that helium showed nary disposable signs of trauma. An autopsy conducted respective days aboriginal reportedly showed signs of strangulation and Finch's mode of decease was yet determined to beryllium a homicide.
In tribunal documents obtained by the station, prosecutors said that Finch had moved from Idaho to Montana lone 2 weeks earlier his decease and had been staying with his granddaughter. However, Finch was reportedly dissatisfied with the surviving conditions and had already told different household members that helium was readying connected moving backmost to the Gem State.
The 80-year-old antheral besides told different relatives that his granddaughter — who is not presently facing immoderate transgression charges — had stolen arsenic overmuch arsenic $38,000 from his assorted slope accounts portion making attempts to person Finch declared legally incompetent.
When questioned astir Finch's death, his granddaughter and Frost allegedly denied having immoderate cognition of what happened to the 80-year-old antheral arsenic good arsenic immoderate cognition of Finch's finances. The Billings Gazette reported that Finch's granddaughter told investigators that she had entree to her grandfather's slope accounts, but had ne'er utilized them without Finch's permission. The pistillate besides allegedly threatened to writer the coroner's bureau if it went done with her grandfather's autopsy.
Investigators obtained and executed a hunt warrant for Frost's physics devices, which reportedly uncovered grounds that helium was progressive successful Finch's murder.
"I killed your f—ing grandfather," helium reportedly texted to Finch's granddaughter. "I helped you forge a notary I've done much for you than I've ever done for anybody for free."
He besides allegedly sent Finch's granddaughter a connection saying, "I person done everything you asked of maine including what I did to your grandfather."
The granddaughter allegedly responded by calling Frost a "snitch" and a "f—ing rat," per the Gazette.
Frost was arrested connected June 30 pursuing a postulation halt for allegedly driving with a revoked oregon suspended license, records show. Shortly aft authorities learned that helium was successful custody, Frost was charged with Finch's murder. He is presently being held successful the Yellowstone County Jail connected $500,785 bond.
It was not instantly wide erstwhile Frost would beryllium required to look successful court.
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