On the 9th of February 2026 at about 2:32pm our dispatch center received a call that a Blue Hyundai Elantra with Montana license plate EJG626 had been seen pulling into the EGT grain bin area located at about mile marker 31 on US highway 87. This vehicle matched the description of the vehicle involved in a homicide investigation out of Cut Bank, Montana.
Undersheriff Jacques located the vehicle at about mile marker 39 as it was turning into Fort Benton. He followed the vehicle down highway 386 onto 13th Street where Sheriff Smith joined in behind him. The vehicle pulled into the gas pumps at t...
