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Joshua D. LaForge

Case from Billings, MT dated Jan 25, 2022

Victim Details

Joshua D. LaForge

Male

White / Caucasian

Billings

MT

2022-01-25

34

Joshua

D. LaForge

Yes

08/12/2026

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On a tragic day in Billings, Montana, the life of Joshua D. LaForge, a 34-year-old male of Piegan and Big Lodge clan descent, was violently cut short. On January 25, 2022, a grim scene unfolded when police responded to a report of a vehicle that had crashed into a tree. Inside the pickup truck, they discovered the bodies of Joshua D. LaForge and 30-year-old Dante J. Bezpaletz. Both men, residents of Billings, had suffered fatal gunshot wounds.

The event was not a simple car accident but t ...
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  • Billings Gazette: Men killed in Billings double homicide Tuesday ID'd
  • Billings Gazette: Two killed, one wounded in south Billings shooting
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