Informational: Federal Court Initial Appearance

The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on September 9, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch, the following individual appeared:

JORDAN LINN GRAHAM, a 22-year-old resident of Kalispell, made an initial appearance on a complaint alleging murder in the second degree of Cody Lee Johnson. She is currently detained.

If charged with murder in the second degree, GRAHAM faces possible penalties of life in prison.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Zeno B. Baucus is the prosecutor for the United States.

The investigation was a cooperative effort between the Kalispell City Police Department, the Flathead County Coroner, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the National Park Service.

A complaint is merely a written statement of the essential facts constituting the offenses charged.