Attorneys for the Busby man convicted of beating and burning a Crow Agency woman alive in 2016 filed a request Wednesday to reschedule his sentencing hearing for a later date as they consider new information about a cell phone that may contain a calendar entry relevant to the case. Dimarzio Sanchez, 20, was convicted at trial in U.S. District Court in Billings of first degree murder for the death of Roylynn RidesHorse.
RidesHorse was beaten, burned alive and left for dead in a field in Busby after meeting her three assailants at the nearby Kirby Saloon. Attorneys for Sanchez have requested a new trial, arguing that a newly discovered cell phone may lead a jury to deliver a different verdict.
After the trial ended, a cousin of RidesHorse contacted the FBI about a screenshot of a calendar entry she saw posted on Facebook.
The calendar entry reads: “I should have told them the truth about what I did.. Now I’m full of regret not of what happen but I told them what somewhat happen I was apart of it.. I beat her in the car a bit I kicked her on the side of the head I helped find the gas can. I felt so alone when I found out they got caught.”
Federal investigators interviewed the person who posted the screenshot and retrieved an iPhone from her, according to court documents.
The current owner of the phone told the FBI she purchased it used about four or five months earlier and stumbled upon the calendar entry.
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