Crow Tribal Man Sentenced For Murder In Tribal Court; FBI Investigating

A Crow Agency, Montana man is under federal investigation for allegedly killing his aunt and assaulting his grandmother as she tried to stop the attack last week.

TV Station KTVQ reports, 24-year old Daniel Dreamer pleaded guilty last week in Crow tribal court, to three charges of deliberate homicide, aggravated assault and elder abuse.

He is currently being held at the Rocky Mountain Detention Center in Hardin.

According to Crow Tribal Court documents, Dreamer allegedly stabbed his aunt 22 times with a butterfly knife at a residence on Dakake Street in Crow Agency.

His 86-year-old grandmother tried to stop the assault, and Dreamer allegedly pushed her to the ground. 

She was taken to a local hospital with a laceration to her collar bone and an injury to her wrist that appeared to be a stab wound.

Dreamer was sentenced to two and 1/2 years in jail in tribal court, which is severely limited in its authority to hand down harsher punishments for crimes such as homicide.

The FBI is investigating and Dreamer has not yet been charged in federal court.