GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) - A 65-year-old Great Falls man has pleaded “no contest” to killing his girlfriend in July 2015 by beating her with a flashlight and then cutting her throat to end her suffering.
The Great Falls Tribune reports (https://gftrib.com/2kdayeN ) William D. Miller entered his plea Monday to mitigated deliberate homicide in the death of 57-year-old Deborah Garrett.
Court records say Miller called 911 just after 4 a.m. on July 13, 2015, to report he’d killed his girlfriend. He told police she said he saw “red” and beat her with a flashlight. Prosecutors say he told the dispatcher that he saw she was suffering so he cut her throat.
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Court records say Miller told officers he was emotionally abused by the victim.
Miller faces up to 40 years in prison when he is sentenced in mid-March.
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Information from: Great Falls Tribune, https://www.greatfallstribune.com
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