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Police have yet to make an arrest in a casino robbery and attempted casino robbery in Billings, Montana late last week, according to local news reports. The robber fled with cash in one of the heists.<\/p>\n

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A Billings, Mont. police car, pictured above. Police are investigating two casino holdups. (Image: The Montana Standard<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One holdup took place on Friday afternoon at Bullwackers Lounge & Casino, according to KULR<\/em>, a local TV station. A sole, masked bandit gave a note to a casino worker.<\/p>\n

The employee read the note and handed over cash to the robber. The robber then fled. Police did not disclose how much money was stolen.<\/p>\n

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About 48 minutes earlier, possibly the same suspect tried to rob Lucky Lil’s Casino, also in Billings. The note said he had a gun and wanted money. But the employee refused to provide any cash. The suspect fled that casino, possibly driving away in a car.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The two gaming properties are believed to be about a half-mile away from each other.<\/p>\n

Police said the suspect is in his 30s. He has an average build and has brown hair. He was wearing a white mask at the time of the holdups.<\/p>\n

Early Montana Murder<\/h2>\n

In June, a Montana man who decapitated a winning casino player in 2017 was sentenced to 65 years in prison for deliberate homicide.<\/p>\n

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Donald Ray Cherry<\/a>, 34, was given the prison sentence in the Yellowstone County Courthouse in Billings for the killing of Myron Wesley Knight. The death was connected to a robbery after the bandits met Knight at one of the Lil\u2019s Casino locations in Montana.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Cherry and a second defendant, Jeffery Glen Haverty, 37, murdered Knight with a hatchet, police said. They also decapitated him while they were at a campsite near the casino, police claim.<\/p>\n

Gruesome Scene<\/h2>\n

Knight\u2019s headless body later was found on a dirt trail near the transient camp. After the decapitation, Cherry allegedly hid Knight\u2019s remains. His head was found 30 feet away. It was wrapped in a towel under a pile of leaves.<\/p>\n

A medical examiner said that Knight was probably still alive when they started cutting his head off. Cherry later admitted in court he and Haverty robbed and killed Knight.<\/p>\n

The men were regulars at the casino. They knew each other before the fatal incident.<\/p>\n

Knight had won $120 at the casino that day. But he soon gave the money to a gaming property employee for safekeeping. Knight only had $6<\/a> when he was killed by the duo, police revealed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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