Reservation Suspect Allegedly Killed Man With Bare Hands

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Mandaree man accused of murder on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation allegedly killed another man with his bare hands after a fight last December that began while the two men were using methamphetamine.

Thirty-one-year-old Marcel Chase then allegedly put the body of Toby Young Bear in the trunk of a car. FBI Special Agent Bruce Bennett says in an affidavit that Young Bear's body appeared to have severe head injuries.

Chase faces a second-degree murder charge that carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. Defense attorney Paul Myerchin says Chase plans to plead insanity.

U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland has ordered Chase undergo a psychiatric evaluation.