After two days of proceedings followed by two hours of negotiation, Stanley Isaac Lebeau has pleaded no contest to the 2017 murder of Tasha Rush, also known as Tasha Roberts.
Lebeau, 54, accepted the agreement based on a sentencing recommendation of 60 years in the Montana State Prison and no parole eligibility for 20 of those years.
A sentencing date has not been set.
The trial was put on hold Wednesday morning as attorneys came to an initial agreement of 60 years in prison with 40 suspended and no parole for 20 years.
The sentence would have released Lebeau after 20 years but monitored him for an additional 40.
The Tribune previously identified the victim as Tasha Roberts, but Cascade County Attorney Josh Racki said she used both last names. Racki will refer to her as Rush throughout the trial, so that is the name the Tribune will use in order to quote the testimony exactly.
Jury selection finished up quickly Monday, and attorneys presented their opening statements Monday afternoon.
Racki showed a photo of Rush, who was 28 when she was killed on May 14, 2017. He also showed the jury a photo of her in the bathtub where investigators found her.
Racki said two days after Rush s death, law enforcement was looking for Lebeau because he had cut off a GPS tracking device required by his probation in another matter.
Editor’s Note: The Tribune previously identified the victim in this case as Tasha Roberts, but Cascade County Attorney Josh Racki said she used the last names “Roberts” and “Rush.” Racki refers to her as Rush throughout the trial, so that is the name the Tribune is using in order to quote the testimony exactly.
The jury began hearing witness testimony Tuesday in the homicide trial of Stanley Isaac Lebeau, who is accused of killing Tasha Rush in 2017 and leaving her body in a bathtub at the Airway Motel in Great Falls.
Two Great Falls Police Department officers and a Montana Probation and Parole Officer testified to the series of events that led to Lebeau’s arrest on May 16, 2017.
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