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UPDATE: Defendant found guilty in Frenchtown murders case

Posted at 11:33 AM, May 16, 2019
and last updated 2019-05-16 19:57:43-04

UPDATE: The defendant in a double homicide case in rural Frenchtown has been found guilty on all counts.

Caressa Hardy is convicted of killing two roommates in 2013 and then attempting to dispose of their bodies in rural Frenchtown.


MISSOULA – The fate of Caressa Hardy, also identified in court documents as Glen Dibbley, is now in the hands of the jury.

Closing arguments ended at 11 a.m. on Thursday in a Missoula courtroom and the jury began deliberations then began.

Hardy is accused of killing two roommates in 2013 and then attempting to dispose of their bodies in rural Frenchtown.

Hardy was transitioning to a woman when he was arrested in 2017.

Over the course of the trial, Hardy’s defense team argued the two roommates, Thomas Korjack and Robert Orozco, fled the country to avoid taxes and child support.

The prosecution maintained Hardy killed Korjack and Orozco because they cut off Hardy’s finances.

We will have more information on this developing story as it becomes available.