Killer of homeless Navy veteran gets 100 years

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Killer of homeless Navy veteran gets 100 years
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Mar 10, 2009 15:28:20 EDT

MISSOULA, Mont. — A Missoula man was sentenced Tuesday to 100 years in prison for the beating death of a homeless Navy veteran.

Anthony St. Dennis, was sentenced in the death of 56-year-old Forrest Salcido, whose body was found the morning of Dec. 6, 2007, near a footbridge in Missoula.

District Judge John Larson sentenced St. Dennis and made him ineligible for parole for 40 years, which means St. Dennis will be 59 before he can be paroled.

St. Dennis was tried and convicted in Havre after defense lawyers argued successfully that media coverage of the homicide was inflammatory, making it impossible to choose an impartial jury in Missoula.

St. Dennis’ co-defendant, 21-year-old Dustin Strahan, also is charged with homicide and is scheduled to stand trial Monday in Helena.


Article at: http://navytimes.com/news/2009/03/ap_homeless_death_vet_031009/%2e