A former Idaho state legislator was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the rape of a then-19-year-old legislative intern, even as he insisted he was innocent. But prosecutors noted during Wednesday’s sentencing hearing that at least three other women reported that Aaron von Ehlinger’s made them feel “uncomfortable,” including one woman who said he …
Lori Vallow Daybell was relaxed in court during an hour-long hearing on Tuesday, laughing and smiling as her attorneys asked District Judge Steven Boyce to reconvene a grand jury to clarify the charges against her. Specifically, attorney John Thomas said, two of the counts in the current indictment each list two separate allegations — conspiracy …
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An Idaho woman and her teen daughter with special needs, who had not been seen since leaving for a camping trip on June 30, have been found dead from an apparent murder-suicide. Dawna Roe, 52, and Gabrielle Roe, 16, were last seen in their van heading west on Interstate 84 near Fruitland, as CrimeOnline previously …
A jury on Thursday convicted an Idaho couple charged with starving a 7-year-old girl into cardiac arrest. Byron Buthman, 57, and Gwendalyn Buthman, 45, were found guilty of felony injury to a child, a felony enhancement for infliction of great bodily injury, and misdemeanor injury to a child, according to KTVB. The Buthmans were arrested …
An Idaho jury deliberated for 11 hours over the course of two days before finding former state Representative Aaron von Ehlinger guilty of raping a 19-year-old intern last year. The jury found the 39-year-old not guilty on a second charge of forcible penetration, the Idaho Statesman reported. Von Ehlinger, who insisted that he had consensual …
An Idaho jury went into deliberations Thursday after the testimony of a former lawmaker accused of raping a 19-year-old intern in March 2021. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the intern, identified as “J.V.” in court documents, fled the courtroom halfway through her testimony on Wednesday, as she described her encounter with former state Representative Aaron von …
An Idaho judge on Thursday denied defense attorneys’ motion to drop the criminal indictment against Chad Daybell and also ruled that his trial — and that of his wife, Lori Vallow Daybell — will take place in Ada County. District Judge Stephen Boyce had previously granted a change of venue from Fremont to Ada County …
An intern who accused an Idaho lawmaker of rape abruptly left the courtroom in the middle of her testimony Wednesday afternoon. Aaron von Ehlinger, 39, was a Republican state representative when he allegedly raped the then-19-year-old intern after the two had dinner together in March 2021, KIDK reported. He resigned a year ago after an …
An Idaho judge entered not guilty pleas on behalf of Lori Vallow Daybell as the accused “cult mom” stood silently when asked how she pleaded on charges related to the deaths of two of her children and her husband Chad Daybell’s first wife. Vallow appeared Tuesday in court for the first time since she was …
An Idaho man already facing first degree murder charges has now been charged with cannibalism. James David Russell, 39, was charged with the September 10 death of David Flaget, 70, after Bonner County Sheriff’s deputies found him upside down in the passenger seat of his car on property where Russell lived. Russell was on the …
An Idaho man faces three counts of sexually abusing children after a month-long investigation during which the Pocatello man allegedly confessed. The Idaho State Journal reported that the Bannock County Sheriff’s Office conducting the investigation, beginning in late September, because one of the alleged victims was related to a member of the Pocatello Police Department. …
