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Arlee murder suicide victims identified

ARLEE — On Monday the Lake County Sheriff’s Department released the names of the man and woman involved in an apparent murder and suicide that occurred over the weekend on Dumontier Road just north of Arlee.

The deceased are Arlee-area residents, 36-year-old Dusty Reed and 48-year-old Janeal Morris. Their bodies were found in a camper trailer on Dumontier Road at 2:40 a.m. Sunday after a robotic camera surveyed the interior of the camper trailer and indicated no signs of life.

According to the press release issued by the Lake County Sheriffs office: On Oct. 25, at approximately 6:13 p.m. the Lake County Sheriffs office received several calls of a man that was going to kill himself in the Arlee area. At 6:32 pm officers arrived in the area of Dumontier Road north of Arlee.

Officers on scene reported hearing gunshots being fired in their direction while talking to a witness on Dumontier Road. The shots were coming from a camper trailer approximately 200 yards away. One officer from the Flathead Tribal Police was struck in his protective vest. He was treated at the scene, then sent to the local hospital and later released. One civilian was also struck with broken glass from the shots that were fire. He was also treated and released.

Lake County Search and Rescue Team was activated as was Missoula County SRT and EOD robot team, Missoula City Police, Tribal Law and Order, and three members of the Kalispell Police SRT along with their armored personnel vehicle BEAR (Ballistic Engineered Armored Response Vehicle).

Officers from the St. Ignatius Police Department, Northwest Drug Task Force, Arlee fire/ambulance, Office of Emergency Services, and Tribal Fish and Game officers were also on scene to assist.

At 2:40 a.m., entry was made at the residence on Dumontier Road where teams located one deceased adult male and one deceased adult female.

The Division of Criminal Investigations was contacted to conduct the investigation. The decedents were transported to the State Pathologist Office in Missoula for examination.