Beartusk Case Bound Over to District Court

A Preliminary Hearing was held Wednesday in Sheridan County Circuit Court for a Sheridan County man charged with three counts of First Degree Murder. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details.

54-year-old Dana Beartusk has been charged with three counts of First Degree Murder for for the alleged killing of three family members in Big Horn during the evening hours of Sunday, March 29. The victims include Beartusk’s wife, Angelina Beartusk, his sister, Seana Fisher, and her son Blackhawk Fisher. At Wednesday’s Preliminary Hearing, Circuit Court Judge Shelley Cundiff ruled that there was enough evidence presented by the prosecution and bound the case over to District Court for trial.

Beartusk remains incarcerated in the Sheridan County Detention Center under a $750 thousand dollar cash only bond. An arraignment hearing in District Court will be set at a later date. The crime of First Degree Murder is punishable by death, life in prison without parole, or life in prison according to law.