After prosecutors rested their case on Friday morning in the negligent homicide trial of 40-year-old Kenneth James Floyd, the defendant took the stand and told a Flathead County jury that he loved his ex-wife and denied striking her with his pickup truck.

Floyd has pleaded not guilty to a felony count of negligent homicide for the June 2023 death of 37-year-old Kimberly Gilham. He has also pleaded not guilty to a second felony count of leaving the scene of a vehicle accident involving serious bodily injury or death to another person and a third felony count of tampering with physical evidence.

Flathead County District Court Judge Dan Wilson is presiding over the trial, which began Oct. 27.

“I loved her – and she’s the mother of my child,” Floyd said.

During direct examination from his

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