Paul Hutchinson

Death by Force

Paul Nathaniel Hutchinson, a 55-year-old White male from Dillon, Montana, died on July 24, 2024, in a case that unlocked a nearly three-decade-old mystery. His death, ruled a suicide, came less than 12 hours after he was questioned by investigators from the Gallatin County Sheriff's Office regarding the 1996 cold case murder of 15-year-old Danielle "Danni" Houchins. Hutchinson had been a fisheries biologist for the Bureau of Land Management and was married with two children, with no prior crimin ...Read More

NBC News: DNA testing led to suspect in 1996 murder of Montana girl. He died by suicide a day after questioning.

DNA testing led to a new suspect in a Montana girl's 1996 murder ...

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