A woman traveling north of Riverton on Friday afternoon discovered a man lying on the ground of a traffic pullout in front of her RV, yelling that he had killed his girlfriend and requesting that someone call 911, according to the local sheriff’s office.
Anthony Ray Sullivan, 40, of Billings, Montana, is suspected of killing a 37-year-old woman, according to a Billings Police Department statement released on Saturday.
At 10:31 a.m. Friday, Billings police officers responded to the 6400 block of Southern Bluff Lane for a “suspicious death,” and discovered a 37-year-old woman dead in her home, according to the statement.
Detectives spent the day investigating the scene and determined that Sullivan fled the home in the woman’s vehicle. Detectives issued an attempt-to-locate notice for the vehicle and discovered that Sullivan was being held at the Fremont County Detention Center on “unrelated charges,” according to the statement.
Yelling that He Killed Her
Sullivan was arrested on a traffic pullout just north of Riverton on Highway 789, Fremont County Undersheriff Mike Hutchison told Cowboy State Daily Monday.
“We got a call from a motorist,” Hutchison said, adding that the call came in at 3:21 p.m. on the Fourth of July holiday.
The motorist, an adult female driving an RV, reported that a man was lying on the ground in front of the RV, “yelling” that he had killed his girlfriend and asking someone to call 911, according to the undersheriff.
By the time deputies arrived, Sullivan was standing in front of a white Toyota SUV, according to Hutchison.
Deputies arrested him.
Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers responded quickly and recommended a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol.
Sullivan was scheduled to appear in Riverton Circuit Court on Monday morning, but the jail informed the court that he would be unable to appear that day.
North of Here
Billings police have charged Sullivan with deliberate homicide and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence. He is “pending extradition back to Yellowstone County,” according to a Billings Police Department statement.
The Billings Police Department expressed gratitude to the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office, Wyoming Highway Patrol, and the Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Office in Montana.
According to scanner traffic from Friday afternoon, Sullivan was “crying, weeping” at the pullout after hitting his girlfriend with the vehicle and causing damage to the vehicle he was driving.
