Jensen-Rowe Trial Scheduled For April

The trial for Brianna Jensen- Rowe has been moved to the beginning of April. She is facing the felony charges of deliberate homicide and tampering with evidence.

She is accused of killing her sister, Jalinn Marie Jensen- Rowe, on Aug. 3 in Wolf Point.

During an omnibus hearing on Wednesday, Nov. 13, the defendant’s attorney Gerald Harris requested the trial date be moved from the originally scheduled date of Dec. 12. Prosecutor Caitlin Creighton of the Montana Attorney General’s office didn’t object to the request.

The trial is now scheduled to start on April 7. Attorneys requested eight days for the trial.

A person convicted of deliberate homicide could be punished by death, by life imprisonment, or by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of not less than 10 years or more than 100 years.

According to court records, including an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a Fort Peck Tribes Department of Law and Justice officer was dispatched at approximately 8:18 p.m. on Aug. 3 for a reported stabbing. The officer observed the victim on the ground gasping for air.

When the officer attempted to speak with the victim, she said the defendant stabbed her. The victim then began fading in and out of consciousness. The victim was later pronounced dead at the hospital in Wolf Point.

On Aug. 19, the State of Montana charged the defendant with four counts: deliberate homicide, tampering with physical evidence, criminal possession of drug paraphernalia and obstructing a peace officer.

Bail was set at $250,000.