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   From: hillbillies@nbc.com   
      
   A Montana teenager pleaded "not guilty" to felony deliberate   
   homicide in Gallatin County District Court on Thursday after   
   being accused of torturing and beating his nephew to death.   
      
   The teen appeared at the hearing via video to plead his   
   innocence in the Feb. 3 death of James “Alex” Hurley, The New   
   York Post reported.   
      
   Hurley's grandparents, James Sasser Jr., 47, and Patricia Batts,   
   48, were allegedly involved in the fatal beating as well, and   
   are also facing a felony deliberate homicide charge. They both   
   appeared in court last month where bail was set at $750,000 for   
   Batts and $500,000 for Sasser.   
      
   Hurley had been living with his grandparents, two uncles and an   
   aunt in West Yellowstone – near the border of Wyoming and Idaho   
   – for about two years, court records showed.   
      
   After his death, investigators claimed to have found evidence,   
   including videos, that showed how Hurley was regularly abused by   
   his uncle and grandparents.   
      
   Hurley's 14-year-old uncle, who reportedly is 6 feet tall and   
   weighs about 300 pounds, admitted to kicking Hurley in the head   
   multiple times in the days leading up to his death, charging   
   documents said.   
      
   Batts said Hurley slept on the floor in the living room and was   
   mumbling and moaning throughout the night before she found him   
   dead the next morning.   
      
   No one sought medical attention for him, according to prosecutor   
   Bjorn Boyer. The autopsy showed bruising all over Hurley's body   
   and concluded that he died from trauma to the head.   
      
   Another man, Gage Roush, 18, was also arrested last month and   
   charged with felony assault on a minor in connection with   
   Hurley’s death, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported.   
      
   Batts was also charged with aggravated kidnapping, criminal   
   child endangerment, and strangulation of a partner or family   
   member and could face the death penalty if convicted, according   
   to the Post.   
      
   Fox News' Bradford Betz contributed to this report   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/us/montana-boy-pleads-not-guilty-to-   
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