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William Veseth

Case from Wolf Point, MT dated Oct 04, 1973

Victim Details

William Veseth

Male

White / Caucasian

Wolf Point

MT

1973-10-04

39

William

Veseth

07/11/2026

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William Veseth, 39, a White male, closed his small restaurant, Bill's Pizza Palace, a little after 1 a.m. on October 4, 1973, and stepped into the predawn quiet of Wolf Point, Montana. Not long after, three young men pulled up looking for more beer, and a confrontation inside the business turned into an armed robbery. In the struggle that followed, Veseth was shot and killed at his own establishment—a sudden, violent end that left a tight-knit town stunned. Public records confirm his death tha ...
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