Suspected murderer testifies in double homicide trial
Derrick James Jackson testifies during his trial in Flathead County District Court on Friday, April 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
A distraught Derrick James Jackson told jurors Friday that he killed Stanley Grotberg after the 65-year-old shot dead Jackson’s mother in the trio’s Bigfork home in October 2022.
Prosecutors charged Jackson, 39, with the murders of both Grotberg and 62-year-old Tricia DeMotts after authorities found their bodies inside their Esteban Lane house during an Oct. 28, 2022 welfare check.
Jackson, who was found that same day with the loaded .40-caliber Smith and Wesson used in the killings and a spare magazine, has pleaded not guilty to all charges, including two counts of deliberate homicide.
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