David Dawson at his arraignment in 1986.
(Photo by Larry Mayer/Gazette Staff)
David Dawson, right, is shown at his arraignment
in 1986.
(Photo by Larry Mayer/Gazette Staff)
The Airport Metra Inn was located at the corner of
Lake Elmo and Main Street in Billings Heights
in this photo a few days after the murder of the Rodstein family.
(Photo by Bob Zellar/Gazette Staff)
The Metra Inn shown in 1986.
(Photo by Bob Zellar/Gazette Staff)
Prosecutor Dennis Paxinos holds David Dawson's
handgun during the trial in 1987.
(Photo by Larry Mayer/Gazette Staff)
Prosecutor Dennis Paxinos shows a diagram of the
room where the Rodstein family
was killed during David Dawson's trail in 1987.
(Photo by Larry Mayer/Gazette Staff)
David Dawson, right, talks with defense attorneys
Allen Beck, left,
and Gary Wilcox during Dawson's trial in 1987.
(Photo by Larry Mayer/Gazette Staff)
A diagram used during the trial of David Dawson
shows the location of the bodies
of the Rodstein
family in a room at the Airport Metra Inn in 1987.
(Photo by Larry Mayer/Gazette Staff)
David Dawson trial scene from February 27, 1987.
(Photo by Larry Mayer/Gazette Staff)
David Dawson, center, is surrounded by his defense
attorneys during his trial on Feb. 25, 1987.
(Photo by Larry Mayer/Gazette Staff)
During a break is proceedings, David Dawson talks
with defense attorney Allen Beck.
Tables in the courtroom are covered with evidence from the crime
scene.
(Photo by Larry Mayer/Gazette Staff)
David Dawson waits in the courtroom during his
trial in 1987.
(Photo by Larry Mayer/Gazette Staff)
Judge Diane Barz confers with attorneys during
David Dawson's trial on Feb. 25, 1987.
(Photo by Larry Mayer/Gazette Staff)
Former Billings police detective Gary Hatfield
arrested David Dawson
in a room in a Billings Heights motel in 1986.
(Photo by Larry Mayer/Gazette Staff)
David Dawson appears from the Montana State Prison
with attorney
Edmund Sheehy during a video court hearing.
(Photo by Larry Mayer/Gazette Staff)
William Hooks, David Dawson's attorney protests a
question during a video court hearing.
(Photo by Larry Mayer/Gazette Staff)
A copy of the Billings Gazette from 1986 shows a family photo of the
Rodstein family.
(Larry Mayer/Gazette Staff)
A Rodstein family photo showed the victims and
survivor Amy, left.
(Larry Mayer/Gazette Staff)
Amy Rodstein as seen in this 1987 trial sketch.
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