Batts reportedly reaches plea agreement in West Yellowstone homicide case

BOZEMAN, Mont. — A plea agreement has been reached in the case against Patricia Batts.

Batts will appear in court Friday for a plea hearing.

She is charged with deliberate homicide of her 12-year-old grandson, James Alex Hurley, in West Yellowstone in 2020.

She also faces charges of aggravated kidnapping, criminal child endangerment and strangulation of a family member, all of which are felonies.

Batts’ jury trial is currently scheduled to start July 10.

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