Montana Man Found Guilty Of Deliberate Homicide In “Burglar Trap” Case

By Bob Owens

I’m only surprised that it took a jury more than a few minutes to reach a guilty verdict.

A Montana man accused of setting a trap for burglars in his garage, and then shooting a German foreign exchange student who entered, was found guilty of deliberate homicide, a jury decided Wednesday.

Markus Hendrick Kaarma, 29, of Missoula, had been burglarized twice in two weeks before the April 27 shooting, and investigators painted him as a man spoiling for confrontation.

Kaarma and his partner, Janelle Pflager, set up surveillance equipment in the garage and left out a purse, with the garage door …read more

Via:: Bearing Arms