BILL Stout was reportedly found dead in his bed with a gunshot wound to his head in 2007.
Thorough investigations revealed that someone close to Bill murdered him using his gun against him.
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Who was Bill Stout, and what happened to him?
Bill Stout lived in Montana with his wife, Anne Marie Stout, and their two teenage sons.
Bill Stout made the news in June 2007 after his wife Anne and younger son Noah discovered his dead body in their home when they returned from a shopping trip.
He reportedly died from a single gunshot wound to the head while lying in bed.
Who killed Bill Stout?
After the police conducted a thorough investigation, reports indicated that there was no gun at the crime scene even though he was shot in the head.
It was later reported that the police found the murder weapon in Bill Stout’s motorcycle saddlebag with a rubber glove that had his wife’s DNA on it.
The murder weapon was said to be a gun Bill owned, which he had reported missing to the Ravalli County Sheriff ten days before he died.
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In addition to Anne’s DNA being found on the murder weapon, investigators reportedly found a note on how to use a gun. Furthermore, her internet search history revealed she was looking up how to kill someone.
Investigators reported that her motive for murdering her husband may have been her anger when she found out about her husband’s extramarital affair.
Another possible motive cited by investigators could have been a desire to claim Bill’s insurance money worth $500,000.
Due to the overwhelming evidence, Anne Marie Stout was found guilty of deliberate homicide in a trial that ended in September 2018.
She was sentenced to life in prison.
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Will there be a documentary about Bill Stout?
On Saturday, June 4, 2022, Dateline will be showing the events surrounding Bill Stout’s murder in Montana.
It will be shown exclusively on NBC at 9pm.
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