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Browning man sentenced for murder and kidnapping
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and last updated 2021-07-21 19:08:14-04
GREAT FALLS â Jason Avery Mattson of Browning, who admitted murdering a man and then holding a woman hostage at knife-point, was sentenced in federal court in Great Falls on Wednesday.
Mattson, 30 years old,
pleaded guilty on March 30 to second degree murder and to kidnapping as charged in an indictment.
Prosecutors said that on March 3, 2020, law enforcement officers were called to a clearing near Cut Bank Creek, near the Boarding School community on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, after a body was found.
The body was identified as John Doe and family was notified of his death. An autopsy confirmed the manner of death as homicide and determined that Doe sustained blunt force injury to his back and extremities and that there was evidence on the neck consistent with strangulation or blunt force injury.
Seasonal employee admits raping fellow employee in Glacier National Park
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and last updated 2021-03-04 11:17:10-05
MISSOULA â A seasonal employee accused of sexually assaulting another seasonal worker in Glacier National Park admitted charges on Wednesday, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
Eduardo Luis Diaz of Chicago, 26 years old, pleaded guilty to sexual abuse during a hearing.
The government alleged in court documents that in July 2020, Diaz and the victim, identified as Jane Doe, were both seasonal employees working in Glacier National Park for a private contractor and living in employee housing.
Doe became intoxicated at a party. After Doe had passed out, Diaz sexually assaulted Doe. Another resident of the dorm assisted Doe after the assault.