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Judge: Man must face charges in sons' deaths

Everett Conant III is accused of killing his three sons and brother last summer.
Everett Conant III is accused of killing his three sons and brother last summer.

A judge on Monday ordered a Wheatland man to answer charges that he killed his three sons and his brother.

Circuit Judge Randal Arp ruled that the state's case against 36-year-old Everett Conant III is strong enough that he must face the four murder charges in district court.

Prosecutors accuse Conant of shooting and killing his sons - ages 11, 13 and 18 - and his 33-year-old brother in July. He's also charged with attempted murder in the wounding of his wife.

Court proceedings against Conant had been on hold since this summer while he underwent a mental evaluation at the state hospital in Evanston. Conant's lawyers now say they're not contesting that he's competent to face the charges.

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