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father Matt Hatfield, 49, was filed Tuesday in Justice Court in Butte-Silver Bow County.
• Sheriff Ed Lester said Thursday that the case was solved with forensic testing that was able to prove Matt Hatfield was dead.
• The complaint states Adam Hatfield killed his father and "knowingly displayed, brandished, or otherwise used a firearm, destructive device, or other dangerous weapon." Lester would not elaborate at a Thursday press briefing.
• "That's one of those things that will come out as the case progresses," Lester told The Montana Standard.
• He did say investigators believe Matt Hatfield was killed on his mother's property, where he was living when he went missing. The property and nearby Forest Service land was searched extensively after Matt Hatfield was reported missing in December 2008.
• An extradition hearing is scheduled Friday morning in Hot Springs for Adam Hatfield. It was not immediately clear if he has an attorney.
• Fall River County Sheriff Rich Mraz said Adam Hatfield's arrest was a joint investigation between South Dakota agencies and Montana authorities who alerted his office to Hatfield's location.
• Adam Hatfield faces punishment of 10 to 100 years in state prison if convicted of deliberate homicide. Silver Bow County Attorney Eileen Joyce asked in the court filing to potentially add another two to 10 years for the use of a weapon.
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South Dakota senator gives up on navigator bill
NORA HERTEL, Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota senator asked a committee Thursday to defeat a bill he drafted regulating the navigators who help sign up people for insurance under the federal Affordable Care Act.
• Sen. Al Novstrup said there is nothing to keep a felon from becoming a navigator. Yet the Aberdeen Republican acknowledges there has been no evidence of abuse in South Dakota.
• Because of a lack of evidence of bad behavior in the state and lack of compromise with stakeholders, Novstrup said he has given up on this legislation for the year. Novstrup said he talked with the state Division of Insurance, insurance agents, hospitals and community health centers.
• "Unfortunately, we are still working on a reasonable solution," he said.
• The bill would have required the state Insurance Division to register navigators, (Continued on page 22)
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