BOZEMAN — Kadin Hawkeye Lewis of Pray, who authorities say stockpiled Molotov cocktails and documented plans for a mass casualty attack at Chico Hot Springs, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Montana, 24-year old Lewis pleaded guilty in January 2026 to one count of possession of unregistered destructive devices.
The investigation began September 19, 2022, after law enforcement officers responded to Lewis’ trailer in the nearby community of Pray.
Inside, officers found the body of a man with several gunshot wounds; he was identified as Casey Anderson. Authorities later obtained a search warrant for the trailer.
During the search, investigators found eight assembled Molotov cocktails stored in a cabinet, along with dozens of empty bottles, rags and other materials that could be used to make additional incendiary devices, according to court documents.
Officers discovered journals and writings in which Lewis expressed admiration for mass shooters and described plans to attack Chico Hot Springs.
Prosecutors said Lewis wrote about using Molotov cocktails and firearms to inflict mass casualties and identified other hot spring resorts across Montana in his writings.
The devices were later analyzed by the FBI Laboratory, where explosives experts determined the bottles contained ignitable liquids that would function as improvised incendiary devices, commonly known as Molotov cocktails.
In July 2024, the murder case against Lewis was dismissed due to lack of evidence, according to the Park County Attorney’s Office.
(JULY 2025) According to federal court records, the August 18 trial date has been canceled, and no new trial date has been set pending a ruling on motions.
An Emigrant man is facing federal charges after a homicide investigation discovered frightening plans.
According to court documents, 23-year-old Kadin Hawkeye Lewis is accused of planning a mass killing at Chico Hot Springs.
The federal charges stem from a homicide investigation into Lewis. Back in October 2022, he was charged in the death of his mother’s former boyfriend, Casey Anderson.
Lewis was charged with one count of deliberate homicide after Anderson's body was found in a camper several miles southeast of Emigrant in Park County on Monday, September 19, 2022.
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Lewis turned himself in to Park County Sheriff’s Office the day Anderson’s body was found. Nearly two years later, in July 2024, the murder case against Lewis was dismissed due to lack of evidence, according to the Park County Attorney’s Office.
As officers investigated the homicide at Lewis’ home, they reportedly found writings on the walls of “racially charged language” and swastikas. They also found journals, where Lewis talked about his admiration for school shooters, and his hopes to commit a similar crime at local hot springs and high schools he attended in Montana. Investigators also found Molotov cocktails.
Meanwhile, the Feds made their case. The federal charges against Lewis include possessing explosives during the commission of a felony, attempted malicious use of fires and explosives, and possession of unregistered destructive devices.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office planned to introduce evidence related to the homicide of Casey Anderson. That would include Lewis’s journal entries and wall writings. But Lewis asked the court to prevent this from happening.
In June, the court granted some of Lewis’s requests to bar the evidence from the homicide. That leaves only Lewis’s journal entries about his intent to commit mass casualties at Chico Hot Springs and high schools in Montana, as well as his admiration for school shooters, to be used.
