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Montana Blotter reviewed 386 public safety records from March 2, 2026 through March 8, 2026. Flathead, Missoula, and Yellowstone generated the most visible county-level activity this week.
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Zachary Ramsay was nine years old when he walked out his door in Great Falls on a February morning in 1995 and never came back. His case produced a conviction, an acquittal, and no answers.
Read moreNative women in Montana go missing at alarming rates — and too many of those cases go unsolved. A look at the MMIW crisis in Big Sky Country.
Read moreBetween 2:00 AM and sunrise, the Montana 911 dispatch lines transform into a theater of the bizarre. From the 'Octopus Man' singing Cher to the high-stakes coaching of CPR in a snow-blind cabin 40 miles from the nearest medic—this is the raw, unedited reality of the calls that never make the official morning report."
Read moreDozens of unidentified individuals have been found in Montana over the decades. Forensic genealogy may finally give them back their names — and give investigators a lead.
Read moreInterstate 90 crosses 550 miles of remote Montana terrain — and several unsolved deaths have occurred along its length. A look at the cold cases that haunt the highway.
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