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BOZEMAN, Montana (KIFI) — The man who confessed to brutally killing a woman and her dog in a Montana parking lot before fleeing with the victim’s remains to Idaho Falls has been sentenced to spend what will likely be the rest of his life behind bars.

On Tuesday, November 25, 2025, Judge Rienne H. McElyea sentenced Christopher Brandon Foiles, of Spokane, to 60 years in state prison with no possibility of parole for deliberate homicide.

On December 14, 2023, prosecutors say Foiles killed 34-year-old Megan Stedman and her dog in their RV while parked at a Walmart in Bozeman, MT. Foiles fled the state and was discovered a month later by law enforcement in Idaho Falls on Jan. 12, 2024, with his victim’s remains still inside the RV.

Court documents reveal IFPD detectives set up surveillance on the motorhome after it was discovered in the city, working with authorities in Montana to obtain a search warrant.

Eventually, Foiles left the RV, and a detective contacted him. Foiles told the officer, “I am Chris Foiles. I killed my girlfriend; she is in the RV.” Officers then found Stedman’s body inside the back of the RV.

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Folies was originally charged in Idaho with deliberate homicide in Idaho, where he initially pleaded not guilty, before being extradited to Montana. Once in the custody of the Treasure State, Folies was charged with deliberate homicide, aggravated animal cruelty, and identity theft.

Foiles initially pleaded not guilty but changed his plea to guilty in October.

In an interview with our partners KBZK in Bozeman, Stedman’s 16-year-old daughter Jasmine Nataba said it was the closure they deserved, adding that her mother was, and still is, her hero.

“I feel like justice has been served. I feel like it was a closing point for our family and it’s time to heal from this,” said Nataba. “I have to go on without her, and it hurts. I know that she’s still here with me, spiritually, just not physically.”

RIGBY, Idaho (KIFI) — A new traffic light is coming to Rigby to help traffic flow a little more smoothly.

It’s going into the intersection of State Highway 48 and  4000 East, through a partnership with Jefferson County and the Idaho Transportation Department. 

Right now, Jefferson County is doing paving work to slightly widen 4000 so it can accommodate the movement of the light signal.

“This signal has been something that Jefferson County has asked about for a long time. We have done traffic studies and tried to collect data for the last several years because it is a problematic stretch, through Rigby of State Highway 48,” said Sky Buffat PIO for the Idaho transportation department. “There are a lot of schools on that route, and we want to be cognizant and do what we can.”

The work zone is not expected to affect holiday travelers, and the speed limit will stay the same.

The street light is expected to be installed next spring. 

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — There’s a new VIP at the Thanksgiving table, and she has feathers.
At Lighthouse Montessori School in Idaho Falls, a wild turkey who’s been hanging around campus since early October decided last Friday that outdoor lessons were no longer enough. She wanted the full Montessori experience — including the annual Thanksgiving feast complete with roasted turkey.

The hen — originally nicknamed “Jake” because everyone thought she was a young male — has since been upgraded to female status by the teacher’s son. A proper lady name is still TBD (suggestions welcome in the comments). Since then, she has joined playground time, gone on walks with the students, and even follows Laurie to work every morning alongside the family’s two dogs.

During the school’s Thanksgiving celebration, Laurie accidentally spilled turkey juices in the oven, creating smoke. When the classroom doors were opened to clear the air, the turkey walked right in.
The children sat quietly in a circle and tossed her pieces of bread.

“She didn’t mind that we were eating turkey at all,” Laurie said. “She just enjoyed the company.”
Laurie says this is the first wild animal to actually enter the classroom, although another turkey visited the school grounds last year.

The hen is welcome to stay. “We’re not roasting her,” Laurie promised. The school hopes she will eventually lay eggs and raise them on the property.
Still no name for now, but for the time being she’s the friendliest wild turkey in Idaho Falls, and the only one with an open invitation to next year’s feast.