Madplume's murder, rape sentencing pushed back
<p>Melvin Madplume, Jr. leaves court after being found guilty on Saturday.</p>
POLSON — Ronan resident Melvin Madplume, Jr. will have to wait awhile longer to learn his fate after a delay in his pre-sentencing psychosexual evaluation caused his sentencing to be pushed from March 28 to April 8.
A jury found Madplume, 30, guilty of deliberate homicide and sexual intercourse without consent on Saturday, Feb. 1.
The charges stemmed from the rape and death of his cousin, Laurence Kenmille, last May in a private room at Wild Horse Hot Springs near the town of Hot Springs. Madplume faces up to life in prison.
Madplume originally argued that he was under the influence of alcohol and marijuana and could not remember the events surrounding Kenmille’s death.
He is currently being held in Lake County Jail, according to County Attorney Mitch Young. District Court Judge John Larson, of Missoula, set bond for $1 million.