With tears in her eyes, Rachel Bellesen speaks to a group of supporters gathered at Depot Park in Kalispell on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. A judge on Tuesday permanently dismissed a murder charge against Bellesen, who shot and killed her abusive ex-husband in Sanders County in October, claiming self-defense. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
June 2, 2021
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Murder charge dropped against woman accused of killing ex-husband
A judge on Tuesday permanently dismissed a charge of deliberate homicide against Bellesen, who maintains she was acting in self-defense when she killed Jacob Glace on Oct. 8.