Content warning: This story describes a death scene and suicide.
The wife of the man authorities say raped and murdered a 15-year-old Belgrade girl in 1996 has spoken out.
Kristi Hutchinson is the wife of Paul Hutchinson, who on Thursday Gallatin County Sheriff Dan Springer named as the perpetrator of the long-unsolved death of Danielle “Danni” Houchins at a popular fishing access site west of Bozeman.
Hutchinson, 55, of Dillon, died by suicide in the early morning hours of July 24, less than 10 hours after Gallatin County investigators first interviewed him about Houchins’ death.
In the days after Hutchinson’s death, a notice was posted on Legacy.com and on the website of the Brundage…
