A court has found a 44-year-old man guilty of murdering 34-year-old Megan Ashley Stedman in the Bozeman Walmart parking lot in late 2023.
The man, Christopher Brandon Foiles, pleaded guilty before 18th District Judge Rienne H. McElyea last week in Bozeman. He is scheduled to appear at a sentencing hearing Nov. 25 at the Gallatin County Justice Center.
The plea agreement calls for a 60-year prison sentence with no time suspended. The state indicated it will recommend to the court that Foiles be prohibited from receiving parole for 25 years. During his sentencing hearing, Foiles will be allowed to ask the court to impose a lesser parole restriction.
Foiles is allowed to withdraw the guilty plea if McElyea deviates from the 60-year sentence, according to the plea agreement. The agreement c