Missoula District Court Judge Shane Vannatta sentenced Jonathan Bertsch on Wednesday afternoon to four terms of life in the Montana State Prison without the possibility of parole.
The first day of the sentencing hearing for Jonathan Bertsch, the man who confessed to shooting two people to death and critically wounding two others got underway on Tuesday morning in Courtroom 1 in the Missoula County Courthouse.
28 year-old Jonathan Bertsch, the man who has pleaded guilty to killing two people and critically wounding two others on March 14 and 15, 2019, underwent a fitness evaluation pre-sentencing hearing on Friday before District Judge Shane Vannatta.
In Missoula District Court on Friday before Judge Shane Vannata, 28 year-old Jonathan Bertsch pleaded guilty to shooting one person to death on March 14, 2019 and then critically wounding MHP Trooper Wade Palmer early on the morning of March 15...
Courtroom number one was packed with reporters on Thursday for the appearance via video from the Missoula County Jail of accused murderer Jonathan Bertsch.
Julie Blanchard, 52, one of the victims in a shooting rampage that killed one man and critically wounded three others, has died at a hospital in Washington.
Jonathan Bertsch, the man accused of shooting one man to death and gravely wounding three others on March 14, including a Montana Highway Patrol Trooper, was arraigned in Missoula District Court on Thursday, and appeared via video from the Missoula County Jail.