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Stanford, Montana, sits in the middle of Judith Basin County, in the centre of the state, an hour from Great Falls and about two hours and forty-five minutes from Billings. James gives the population as 381, down 28 per cent since 1990, with a median age of 53.3, almost twenty years older than the normal average. The town is 98.57 per cent white, 0.72 per cent Native American and nothing else, and 61.4 per cent of the people are religious, 49 per cent of them Catholic. It is an old, quiet, ranching town with a Halloween festival and a museum holding 2,082 sets of salt and pepper shakers.

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now In 1961 Fay married Leonard These; the couple had no children together. In 1988, by then in their eighties, Fay and Leonard bought a trailer in Great Falls, Montana, as an inexpensive way to live out their years. Both then developed Alzheimer's disease and dementia. By about 1993 neither could care for the other or make decisions. details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it

this part of the story is covered for now The Great Falls Fire Department found no cause and no evidence of foul play, and the insurance adjuster, Scott Enlow, saw nothing unusual. details of the account remain covered until revealed By April 1996 financial difficulties forced them to abandon it. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now Firefighters found Leonard dead on the living room couch, partly covered by a blanket. The autopsy found carbon monoxide poisoning from smoke inhalation and therapeutic doses of the sedatives Benadryl and codeine.

A few days later Joe Yuribe of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Montana Department of Justice was asked by the Judith Basin County sheriff to investigate. Investigators found an empty bottle of sedative drugs and a battery-operated smoke alarm in the hallway with no battery; the only other alarm was inside a closed kitchen cabinet at the opposite end of the trailer. details of the account remain covered until revealed The next day a search of her home in Great Falls found the six policies, premium bills and property she had told the insurer was destcovered nameed. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it

this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it The state's theory was that gambling and business losses left her short of money, so she insured Leonard's life, sedated him and burned the trailer with him in it to collect. Six fire experts said the fire started in the third bedroom, a storage room, in a collection of newspapers; several said the cause was incendiary rather than accidental. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed

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the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it She then went through a series of lawyers. this part of the story is covered for now Judge Lauren Tucker ordered her to court, found her excuses wanting and noted that Drew had exhausted her credibility. details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed