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[Niner]

Gallatin County murder trial set for November

Jury selection is approaching in a high-profile Gallatin County murder case.Daren Christopher Abbey, 41, appeared in court Tuesday for an omnibus hearing. His t

nbcmontana.com

Oct. 22, 2025

BOZEMAN, Mont. — Jury selection is approaching in a high-profile Gallatin County murder case.

Daren Christopher Abbey, 41, appeared in court Tuesday for an omnibus hearing. His trial is scheduled to begin in early November. Attorneys discussed jury selection, scheduling, and other logistics ahead of the proceedings.



I have 11/3/25 as his trial starting.

 

[Niner]

@georgiajean - is that correct? Trial starts on 11/3/25 @ 9am? TIA!

 

[Spectrix]

@georgiajean - is that correct? Trial starts on 11/3/25 @ 9am? TIA!

From what I can find, he was scheduled for an omnibus hearing at 1:30 p.m. yesterday (October 21) at the Gallatin County Law and Justice Center.
His trial is supposedly scheduled to start November 3, 2025 at 9am and there doesn't appear to have been any update to that after yesterday's hearing.
Pretty quick to trial all things considered.

This fellow has a rather long rap sheet.
In California, Abbey was convicted of obstructing an investigation and two counts of DUI. In Nevada, he was convicted of DUI, battery, and possessing a stolen vehicle. He also has DUI convictions in Utah and Montana – one in each state. In Arizona, Abbey has been convicted of aggravated assault on a peace officer. He has a conviction of malicious harassment in Idaho.

At the time of his arrest on Oct. 31, 2024, he was on supervised release with the Montana state prison system. As of Aug. 17, he was accused of violating parole and could not be released from jail on that account even if he did pay the $1.5 million bond.

Sauce

 

[Niner]

Gallatin County murder trial set for November

Jury selection is approaching in a high-profile Gallatin County murder case.Daren Christopher Abbey, 41, appeared in court Tuesday for an omnibus hearing. His t

nbcmontana.com

Oct. 22, 2025

BOZEMAN, Mont. — Jury selection is approaching in a high-profile Gallatin County murder case.

Daren Christopher Abbey, 41, appeared in court Tuesday for an omnibus hearing. His trial is scheduled to begin in early November. Attorneys discussed jury selection, scheduling, and other logistics ahead of the proceedings.



I have 11/3/25 as his trial starting.

His trial is supposedly scheduled to start November 3, 2025 at 9am and there doesn't appear to have been any update to that after yesterday's hearing.

You might have missed my post on yesterday's hearing above - so I quoted here. Looks trial is still scheduled on 11/3.