GUILTY MT - Travis Gillett, 31, found murdered, Yaak Valley, 14 Jan 2017

[OkieGranny]

http://www.thewesternnews.com/article/20170131/ARTICLE/170139997

The cause of death has been determined in the homicide that took place in the Yaak on the weekend of Jan. 14, although the sheriff’s office has no suspects as of Wednesday.

According to Lincoln County Sheriff Roby Bowe, the autopsy reported that Travis Gillett of Sandpoint, Idaho died after being shot multiple times.

http://www.bonnercountydailybee.com/article/20170125/AP/301259946

Gillett had been reported missing on Jan. 16 and officials found his body in the Yaak Valley the same day. It was recovered with the help of a search and rescue team.

Bowe said the person who reported Gillett missing said he had left Sandpoint, Idaho, on Jan. 13 with someone from Thompson Falls to make a delivery somewhere in the Yaak Valley. The caller reported Gillett had not returned the next day as expected.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://flatheadbeacon.com/2017/03/01/investigation-continues-homicide-yaak/

The search for who killed a 31-year-old Idaho man in the Yaak in January has led investigators to a home in Ponderay, Idaho...

Bowe said law enforcement searched a home and two vehicles in north Idaho while looking for answers about who shot and killed Travis Gillett in a remote corner of Lincoln County...

Law enforcement has not identified any suspects in the case.

 

[Dalagali]

Pair arrested in connection with the case: http://www.khq.com/story/36222168/idaho-couple-arrested-in-connection-to-death-in-montana

(AP) - Law enforcement officials say an Idaho couple has been arrested in connection to a suspicious death in extreme northwestern Montana.

Lincoln County Sheriff's office announced Friday that 28-year-old Ezra Skinner and 27-year-old Sarah Carpenter Skinner are being held without bail and are facing homicide charges.

According to authorities, 31-year-old Travis Gillett was shot and killed sometime in mid-January. Gillett - a former resident of Libby and Troy - was reported missing after leaving Sandpoint, Idaho with another person in a dark blue or green pickup to make a delivery somewhere in the Yaak Valley.


The caller reported that Gillett said he would be back soon, but had not returned.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Ezra Skinner testified this week that his wife, Sarah Carpenter, shot and killed 31-year-old Travis Gillett after drugging, binding and abducting him from Pondera, Idaho.

The trial is taking place in District Court in Libby.

Trial underway in case of woman charged with killing her former boyfriend in Montana

 

[JerseyGirl]

Ezra Skinner was sentenced to 10 years without parole for tampering or fabricating physical evidence in connection with the January 2017 death of Travis Gillett.

Prosecution witness gets 10 years in Yaak murder

A District Court jury in Libby heard six days of testimony and found Sarah Carpenter guilty of deliberate homicide. She faces up to life in prison and her sentencing is set for Oct. 2.

Idaho woman convicted of killing former boyfriend in Montana