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Cops: Crew Was Trying to Calm Flier When She Attacked

Police say 61-year-old Alaska Airlines passenger struck two flight attendants

(Newser) - An Alaska Airlines passenger had to be restrained Tuesday after alleging attacking at least one crew member, forcing an emergency landing. The flight from Portland, Oregon, to Dallas ultimately landed in Boise, Idaho, where police arrested 61-year-old Tracy Barkhimer of White Salmon, Washington, and charged her with two counts of...

Bikers Unwittingly Find Lost Hiker in Her Underwear

Woman was barefoot and disoriented after 2 days in Idaho's wilderness

(Newser) - A missing hiker in central Idaho owes her rescue not to the search parties scouring the wilderness, but to a trio of mountain bikers who had no idea anyone was lost. Heather Wayment vanished Sept. 16 after heading out for a hike near the Prairie Creek area of Blaine...

State May Be First to Mainly Use Firing Squads in Executions

Idaho is aiming for this method, using remote-control system

(Newser) - Idaho is preparing to make firing squads its main execution method, a first for any US state, as it works to build a new death chamber south of Boise, to be ready by next summer. Under a new state law, firing squad executions will take priority starting in July...

Wyoming Plane Crash Kills Girl, Hospitalizes Her Family

Parents in critical condition after wreck in Bighorn Mountains

(Newser) - A family outing turned tragic in Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains on Labor Day when a plane crash claimed the life of a 13-year-old girl and left the rest of her Idaho family hospitalized. Authorities say the Palmer family's Piper PA-28 went down shortly after takeoff at Bighorn National...

Prison Isn't Going Well for Bryan Kohberger

Inmate requests transfer to new wing, describing 'minute to minute' threats

(Newser) - Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger has asked to be moved to another section of the Idaho Maximum Security Institution, describing "minute to minute verbal threats/harassment." The 30-year-old first requested transfer from J block—a section for high-profile, high-risk prisoners, including death row inmate Chad Daybell—on July 30, his...

If Stuck in Flight Delay Hell, Dave Koz Is Your Man

Saxophonist and his band break out the music for fellow passengers on a delayed plane

(Newser) - Passengers on a flight from St. Louis to Seattle got an unexpected pick-me-up when jazz saxophonist Dave Koz and his bandmates held an impromptu jam session in the aisle while the plane was stuck on the tarmac hundreds of miles from their final destination. As the AP reports, it happened...

Kohberger Claimed Killer 'Must Have Been Pretty Good'

WSU faculty member feared he was stalking people, would become sexual abuser

(Newser) - Bryan Kohberger developed a reputation for being sexist and creepy while attending a criminal justice program in the months before he killed four University of Idaho students in 2022, fellow grad students told investigators, per the AP . His behavior was so problematic that one Washington State University faculty member told...

Witness Heard Kohberger Say Victim's Name

Surviving roommate Dylan Mortensen said male voice named 'Kaylee'

(Newser) - One of the two women to emerge alive from the Idaho house where four students were murdered heard killer Bryan Kohberger utter the name of one of his victims, a person to whom he had no known connection. Dylan Mortensen, who was drunk in the early hours of Nov. 13,...

After Murders, Kohberger Called Mom, Took Selfie
Shutdown of Kohberger's Phone
Was Actually Pretty Revealing
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Aug 17, 2025 7:30 AM CDT

Shutdown of Kohberger's Phone Was Actually Pretty Revealing

Digital forensics expert Heather Barnhart talks with People about what she found on the device

(Newser) - The digital forensics expert who analyzed convicted murderer Bryan Kohberger's phone made some interesting finds. For one thing, the man convicted of killing four University of Idaho students in an off-campus home called his mother less than two hours after committing the crime, shortly after returning to his home...

Police Release New Images of Idaho Murder Scene

Surveillance footage seemingly captured activity around 4:15am

(Newser) - Police in Moscow, Idaho, this week released close to 200 images—many blurred—along with area surveillance video from the scene of the 2022 University of Idaho murders, offering the public its clearest view yet into the now-demolished house where four students were killed. NBC News reports the newly...

Her Main Goal: Make Kohberger 'Feel Small'

Alivea Goncalves reflects on biting victim impact statement: 'I was prepared to be arrested'

(Newser) - Alivea Goncalves' dressing down of her sister's killer resonated throughout the Idaho courtroom and beyond. There was no holding back. "I was prepared to be arrested that day," Goncalves tells ABC News . "No, I'm not joking." She told Bryan Kohberger—who admitted to fatally...

How 'a Pure Act of Evil' Unfolded in Idaho

Sheriff says Wess Roley lured firefighters by setting a brush fire

(Newser) - More details are emerging about Wess Roley, the 20-year-old Idaho man who authorities believe set a brush fire near Coeur d'Alene on June 29 and then ambushed firefighters who responded, killing two and wounding a third before turning the gun on himself. Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris on...

Big Question for Kohberger: Will He Explain Himself?

Admitted Idaho murderer could tell victims' families why he did it—but has no incentive to do so

(Newser) - Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty earlier this month in the murders of Idaho college students Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin after two years of claiming his innocence. The move avoided the death penalty in the Nov. 13, 2022, stabbings, but Kohberger faces his sentencing—and the victims'...

Idaho May Have a Coroner Problem
Idaho May Have
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Jul 20, 2025 8:29 AM CDT

Idaho May Have a Coroner Problem

ProPublica highlights the case of one man who may have gotten away with murder

(Newser) - In its investigation of Idaho's coroner system, ProPublica unearthed a line from a national magazine in 1951 asserting that the state is "the best place in the nation for a criminal to 'get away with murder' in the literal sense" because of its "antiquated county coroner'...

Idaho Victim's Mom Sees 'Lord's Hand' in Plea Deal

Xana Kernodle's mom is now supportive of it

(Newser) - The mother of slain University of Idaho student Xana Kernodle says she's found an unexpected sense of peace in the plea deal that ended her daughter's high-profile murder case. In her first public comments on Bryan Kohberger's deal, Cara Northington told Fox News she initially felt...

Idaho Tip on Dad Wanted in Death of 3 Girls Leads Nowhere

It was a case of mistaken identity of Travis Decker, per US Marshals Service

(Newser) - Federal authorities in Idaho say they have ended a search for accused child killer Travis Decker in the Sawtooth National Forest after determining it was a case of mistaken identity. The search began Saturday after the US Marshals Service Greater Idaho Fugitive Task Force said a family reported they saw...

Idaho Suspect 'Wanted to Be a Fireman'

'Something must have snapped,' Wess Roley's grandfather says

(Newser) - "We still are in shock and are struggling to understand why someone would target unarmed, selfless public servants," Coeur d'Alene Mayor Woody McEvers said Monday, the day after two firefighters were killed in what police said was an ambush by a man who started a wildfire. Relatives...

'Everybody's Shot Up Here ... Send Law Enforcement'

Suspect in firefighter ambush in Idaho identified as 20-year-old

(Newser) - Investigators in Idaho haven't revealed a motive in Sunday's fatal ambush of firefighters , but the Spokesman-Review reports that they have identified the suspected gunman. The newspaper, along with the AP and CNN , cite law enforcement sources as naming 20-year-old Wess Roley as the suspect. Not much was immediately...

In Ambush, the 'Firefighters Didn't Have a Chance'

Idaho authorities investigate 'heinous' attack that left two firefighters dead, another injured

(Newser) - Details remained scant on Monday morning following an ambush shooting attack on firefighters in Idaho, but one thing was clear: "These firefighters did not have a chance," said Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris, reports the Spokesman-Review . The attack unfolded near Coeur d'Alene on Sunday afternoon when firefighters...

Firefighters Shot Dead by 'Sniper' After Responding to Fire

Responding officers also took sniper fire as they searched for suspect, later found dead

(Newser) - Firefighters responding to a wildfire on Canfield Mountain, outside Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, were fired on in an ambush that left two dead and a third injured Sunday afternoon. Nearby residents were told to shelter in place as responding deputies took sniper fire, and an hourslong, multi-agency manhunt ensued. The...

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