A man accused of shooting and then dismembering his friends has avoided a murder trial by changing his plea at the last minute.
Michael Montano’s murder trial was scheduled to begin on Monday when a week earlier, he decided to change his not guilty pleas.
Montano, 37, pleaded no contest to two counts of second-degree murder and guilty to two counts of mutilation of dead bodies on Monday, Campbell County officials confirmed to People.
On Oct. 8, 2016, investigators discovered the dismembered bodies of Phillip Brewer, 33, and Jody Fortuna, 38, in plastic totes in a pickup truck inside a storage unit, according to the Gillette News Record.
Michael Montano’s murder trial was scheduled to begin on Monday when a week earlier, he decided to change his not guilty pleas.
Montano, 37, pleaded no contest to two counts of second-degree murder and guilty to two counts of mutilation of dead bodies on Monday, Campbell County officials confirmed to People.
On Oct. 8, 2016, investigators discovered the dismembered bodies of Phillip Brewer, 33, and Jody Fortuna, 38, in plastic totes in a pickup truck inside a storage unit, according to the Gillette News Record.
- 1/27/2018
- by Elaine Aradillas
- PEOPLE.com
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