A Huntley woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to accusations of bilking her grandfather out of thousands of dollars in cash and property as part of an alleged conspiracy that ended with the elderly man’s murder.

Samantha Marie Finch has been charged in Yellowstone County District Court with elder exploitation, elder abuse and forgery. Criminal charges against Finch came weeks after her ex-boyfriend, Dean Webb Frost, pleaded not guilty to killing 80-year-old Donald Finch last November.

An investigation on the part of the Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Office, according to charging documents, revealed that Samantha Finch allegedly withdrew funds from her grandfather’s bank accounts while also naming herself as a beneficiary should he die. In the weeks prior to Donald Finch’s death, Samantha Fin

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