Suspect in Chinook woman's death to change plea

BOZEMAN (AP) — A Bozeman man who is charged with breaking into the house of his former girlfriend, Chinook native Darcy Buhmann, and shooting her to death is scheduled to change his plea.

District Judge Holly Brown has scheduled an April 26 change-of-plea hearing for 35-year-old Anthony Tobias Fagiano.

Fagiano has pleaded not guilty to deliberate homicide, aggravated burglary, theft and violating an order or protection in the March 9 death of 37-year-old Buhmann.

Charging documents say Fagiano texted Buhmann’s estranged husband and members of his family and told them about the shooting. His sister urged him to surrender to law enforcement and he did.

Deputy Gallatin County Attorney Eric Kitzmiller said prosecutors offered Fagiano a plea agreement, but he declined to comment on its terms.