Sutherland charged in July 7 murder at Rocky Boy

Rocky Boy resident Gavin Tyrone Sutherland is set to be arraigned this afternoon in Great Falls on a charge of second degree murder stemming from a death on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation in July.

FBI spokesman Douglas Davis said Sutherland was charged Wednesday in the murder of Shannon Dora Cole Licht, who was found dead in her residence the morning of July 7.

A charging document said that when Sutherland was interviewed Oct. 3, he waived his Miranda rights and told the investigator, “I killed my sister … I choked her” after being told to do so by voices he heard.

Two witnesses told the inves...