June 2011 - Henrikson and his then-girlfriend, Sarah Creveling, move from Texas to North Dakota. The couple, who began dating in 2010, formed a corporation called Blackstone while living in Texas. They obtain loans from several people, including Jed McClure, to fund a trucking outfit that is headquartered in Minot.

December 2011 - After a falling out with another tribal member named Steve Kelly, Henrikson begins working with Tex Hall, who was at that time chairman of the MHA Nation. Henrikson also meets with Robert Delao, who he met in Grant County Jail.

At some point late in 2011 or early in 2012, investigators say, Henrikson meets Doug Carlile through a mutual friend, Tim Scott. Henrikson tells Carlile he is building roads for the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.

Feb. 21, 2012 - Timothy Suckow, connecting with Henrikson through Lazaro Pesina, travels by train from Spokane to Williston, North Dakota, where he believes he's going to "beat someone up" for Henrikson, according to court records. The pair travel to an Arby's, where Henrikson asks Suckow to kill Steven Kelly the next day. Suckow spends the night at a cabin in Watford City leased by Henrikson.

Feb. 22, 2012 - While Suckow is in Watford City, Kristopher "K.C." Clarke disappears. Clarke, an employee of Henrikson's, was mulling a departure from Henrikson's trucking company to start his own business. Suckow says he bludgeoned Clarke to death, then drove with Henrikson and a man named George Dennis to a spot in a nearby state park, where they buried him. Clarke's car is left in Williston, where it is found two months later.

Feb. 23, 2012 - Suckow leaves on a train from Williston back to Spokane. Henrikson pays him $10,000 in cash.

March 2012 - On the request of Henrikson, Suckow returns to North Dakota. During the trip, he declines to move there and visits Clarke's truck, still parked in Williston. He takes a Ruger pistol.

Aug. 11, 2012 - After federal authorities question Henrikson about Clarke's disappearance, Henrikson orders Suckow to destroy Clarke's gun. Suckow does so in a vise, taking a photograph as proof. Authorities would later find that photograph in a Dumpster at the Spokane-based asbestos removal company where Suckow worked.

October and November, 2012 - MHA Chairman Hall, in poor health, confronts Henrikson and Creveling about money missing from accounts belonging to Maheshu Energy. A month later, Hall learns that Henrikson has impregnated his daughter and fires Henrikson. Henrikson, working with Delao and others, embezzles close to $500,000 in checks from the company, money he will later use to invest in Carlile's company, Kingdom Dynamics.

Henrikson and Carlile continue to meet about business and investment opportunities. Henrikson is given a spare key to Carlile's home on Spokane's South Hill.

Kingdom Dynamics, the company started by Carlile with Henrikson and other Spokane investors, buys the mineral rights on 320 acres of Fort Berthold land for $1.6 million. The deal with a company called Enerplus is finalized in Denver.

July 17, 2013 - Carlile incorporates a company called Bridgewater Energy with Henrikson. The pair agree to split the proceeds 25 percent (Carlile) and 75 percent (Henrikson). Carlile's business partners find out about the company and are upset.

Sometime in August or September 2013, Suckow and Delao meet in Riverfront Park to discuss potentially joining Henrikson's drug trade. Carlile is mentioned by Delao, who says Suckow can take Carlile's place in the operation when he is forced out.

Oct. 5, 2013 - Acting on behalf of Henrikson, Delao contacts Suckow via email to discuss the possibility of killing Carlile to get him out of the oil business venture, because of the money that Henrikson says he's owed. No drilling has occurred in North Dakota.

Early December 2013 - Carlile, now in fear of Henrikson, reaches out to MHA Tribal Chairman Hall to tell him that Henrikson's employees are still working for Maheshu Energy. Hall bans Bridgewater trucks from the Fort Berthold reservation; a letter to that effect reaches Carlile after his death. Carlile tells Hall he's going to the FBI with his information.

Dec. 13, 2013 - Carlile speaks with his sons, Shane and Seth, about Henrikson, saying he was choked by his business partner on a trip to North Dakota. Seth Carlile gives his father a gun. Doug Carlile considers putting in a security system at their home on Garfield, and tells his sons he plans to buy out the other investors in Kingdom Dynamics, his trucking company, through another investor in Texas.

Dec. 15, 2013 - Carlile is shot seven times in his home and is found dead by police. Elberta Carlile tells police a man in black clothing forced his way into their home and shot her husband. Suckow will later tell police he fired when he saw Carlile's hand move, then ran away. Suckow said he threw the murder weapon in the river near Mirabeau Park. Spokane Police say the case is complicated, and will take some time to investigate.

Dec. 17, 2013 - Delao meets with investigators in Spokane, who have already contacted Henrikson in North Dakota just hours after the shooting. Henrikson said he's owed $1.88 million by Carlile, but denies involvement in the shooting. Delao also denies involvement, saying he's trying to get regular work.

Jan. 13, 2014 - During a traffic stop, Suckow is arrested by Spokane police. They found a glove matching Suckow's DNA in Carlile's backyard. He is charged with first-degree murder in Spokane County Superior Court.

Jan. 18, 2014 - James Henrikson is arrested in North Dakota on a charge of illegally owning firearms. Days later, the U.S. Attorney's Office in North Dakota files an additional complaint against Henrikson's business entities alleging wire fraud.

Sept. 16, 2014 - A grand jury in Spokane hands down an 11-count indictment charging Henrikson with conspiracy to commit multiple murders-for-hire, Suckow and Delao with the same and several others, including Robby Wahrer, believed to be the getaway driver the night Carlile was killed.

Feb. 10, 2015 - Prosecutors announce they will not be seeking the death penalty for Henrikson, Suckow, or anyone else eligible for that sentence in the Carlile and Clarke murders.

A rope made of bedsheets is found hanging from the Spokane County Jail cell belonging to Henrikson, who is awaiting an appearance in federal court prior to trial. Henrikson's cellmate, Bud Ray Brown, later says he is completely responsible for the rope.

Sept. 25, 2015 - Henrikson pleads guilty to ordering the murders of Clarke and Carlile, as members of the Carlile family look on. He says he contacted Suckow to complete the killings through Delao. The maximum sentence he can receive is 40 years under the plea deal, and it does not include a provision to locate the body of Clarke, whose whereabouts remain unknown.

Nov. 3, 2015 - At a hearing scheduled to discuss the mandatory minimum sentence the six defendants faced after pleading guilty to charges stemming from the Carlile and Clarke murder plots, Henrikson decides to rescind his guilty plea and requests a trial date.

Jan. 25, 2016 - Henrikson's murder-for-hire trial is scheduled to begin at the federal building in Richland.