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Mark Bolton Ames Arraignment

Brenda Ahearn | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 11 years, 2 months AGO
by Brenda Ahearn
| February 6, 2014 1:33 PM

Mark Bolton Ames sits with his lawyers before the start of his arraignment on Thursday, February 6, in Kalispell. In the background are Flathead County Attorney Ed Corrigan and members of the prosecution. They say Ames shot and killed Harold Gordon, 60, near Marion on Jan. 12. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)

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