Daren Christopher Abbey, 41, was apprehended in Butte this week and later charged with one count of deliberate homicide and two counts of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.

Daren Christopher Abbey, 41, told District Court Judge Peter Ohman on Tuesday: "I definitely plead not guilty. Dustin Kjersem tried to kill me," the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported.

Daren Christopher Abbey, 41, told District Court Judge Peter Ohman on Tuesday: "I definitely plead not guilty. Dustin Kjersem tried to kill me," the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported.

Daren Christopher Abbey appeared in court in the "heinous" killing of 35-year-old Dustin Kjersem, who was found bludgeoned in his tent near Big Sky, Montana, in October. During Tuesday's hearing ...

Daren Christopher Abbey, 41, told a judge that his alleged victim Dustin Kjersen, 35, 'tried to kill me', as he pleaded not guilty to charges of deliberate homicide and evidence tampering.

Daren Christopher Abbey, 41, told District Court Judge Peter Ohman on Tuesday: "I definitely plead not guilty. Dustin Kjersem tried to kill me," the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported.

Daren Christopher Abbey, 41, told District Court Judge Peter Ohman on Tuesday: "I definitely plead not guilty. Dustin Kjersem tried to kill me," the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported.

Daren Christopher Abbey, 41, told District Court Judge Peter Ohman on Tuesday: “I definitely plead not guilty. Dustin Kjersem tried to kill me,” the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported.