A five-year-long missing person’s investigation in Butte has resulted in the arrest of the missing man’s son who is accused in his father’s murder.
Butte Sheriff Ed Lester said investigators have enough evidence to link 23-year-old Adam Hatfield to the murder of his 49-year-old father Matt Hatfield.
Matt Hatfield was reported missing by family on December 23, 2008.
Police searched the property at 415 Roosevelt Drive south of Butte for the missing man without success.
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Despite not finding Matt Hatfield’s body, the Sheriff said they believe his son killed him.
Sheriff Lester said, “Through evidence that was recovered at the scene as well as additional items that were sent to the crime lab we now forensically can show that Matt had been, is deceased and we can also prove that Adam Hatfield purposely caused the death of his father.”
Adam Hatfield was arrested in Hot Springs, South Dakota, on Wednesday and faces a felony deliberate homicide charge in Butte.
“It’s a long involved case with a lot of information, a lot of forensic and scientific type testing has been performed and so it is rewarding to get to this stage, but it’s also one of those things that we’re never at the end until a conviction has been achieved,” Lester said.
The sheriff said Adam Hatfield should be extradited back to Butte to face the felony charge by next week if he doesn’t challenge his extradition.
