Butler admits to homicide, assault in plea bargain
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POLSON — Nathan Adam Butler, 17 of Arlee, in a change of plea admitted committing the offenses of deliberate homicide, a felony; attempted deliberate homicide, a felony, and assault with a weapon, a felony. The court found Butler guilty of all charges. Sentencing is set for Wednesday, Sept. 18.
On November 12, 2012, Butler attempted to kill both his mother and his stepfather, and stabbed a second man in the chest.
At 5:30 a.m. that day, a 911 call came in from a woman who said her boyfriend, Theodore Perry, had been stabbed. When police arrived they found John Fisher, Butler’s stepfather, deceased with multiple stab wounds and Butler’s mother, Dacia Vollin, seriously injured by multiple stab wounds. A second man, Perry, had been stabbed in the chest with a pocketknife.
According to court documents, Butler ambushed his mother as she opened Butler’s bedroom door, and stabbed her in the throat. She cried for help, but he kept stabbing her. Butler went to the kitchen and got another knife, a meat knife, and stabbed Fisher until the knife handle broke. He then turned on Perry.
In court documents, Butler said in an interview “my mom came into my room, and I stabbed her multiple times. My stepdad came out, and I did the same to him. Ted came out; I stabbed him once, and that was it.”
According to court documents, Fisher threw himself on Butler, but Butler wiggled out from beneath Fisher and ran out the door.
