Daren Christopher Abbey sentenced to 100 years in prison for murder of Dustin Kjersem
Daren Abbey received 100 years for deliberate homicide and evidence tampering after a jury rejected his self-defense claim in the killing of camper Dustin Kjersem, prosecutors said.
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Daren Abbey sentenced to 100 years in prison for killing camper near Big Sky
Family and friends of Dustin Kjersem filled a Gallatin County courtroom Tuesday, sharing emotional victim impact statements as the man convicted of killing him was sentenced to prison.Dustin was a wonderful person, loved helping others, which would make anyone happy, said his mother, Janet Weyer.Forty-two-year-old Daren Abbey was sentenced to 100 years at the Montana State Prison for Kjersems October 2024 murder. Judge Peter Ohman also ruled Abb…
Man sentenced to 100 years in prison for killing camper near Big Sky
BOZEMAN Family and friends of Dustin Kjersem filled a Gallatin County courtroom Tuesday, sharing emotional victim impact statements as the man convicted of killing him was sentenced to prison.Dustin was a wonderful person, loved helping others, which would make anyone happy, said his mother, Janet Weyer.Forty-two-year-old Daren Abbey was sentenced to 100 years at the Montana State Prison for Kjersems October 2024 murder. Judge Peter Ohman also r…
Man faces sentencing in brutal murder at Montana campsite
BOZEMAN (Scripps News Group) — A Montana man faces life in prison after a jury convicted him in the brutal campsite murder of Dustin Kjersem. Prosecutors accused Abbey of murdering Kjersem in October 2024 at a Moose Creek campsite near Big Sky and attempting to hide evidence afterward. Daren Christopher Abbey (Montana Department of Corrections vis Scripps News Bozeman) According to charging documents, Kjersem’s girlfriend found him dead in his t…
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