Coroner Owens identified 48 year-old Robert L. Barton, of Boise, as the man killed during an officer involved shooting. According to reports, on Saturday June 23, 2018 Meridian Police responded to a domestic disturbance call and events resulted in an officer involved shooting. Barton was transported to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center. The cause of
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Coroner Identifies Driver Involved in Multi-Vehicle Collision on I-84
Coroner Owens identified 42 year-old Illa D. Tsar as the driver of the semi-truck involved in the multi-vehicle collision that occurred on June 17, 2018. Positive dental identification has been made and proper notification to the family has taken place. The cause of death is thermal and inhalation injuries due to a multi-motor vehicle collision.
Coroner Officially Identifies 3 Mountain Home Victims in Fiery Crash
Coroner Owens has identified 21 year-old Karlie A. Westall, 26 year-old Lawrence Paul Manlapit III and 23 year-old Carlos V. Johnson as the victims killed after the SUV they were in was involved in a multi-vehicle crash on I-84 June 17, 2018. The accident occurred on eastbound I-84 beneath the Cloverdale overpass. Johnson was the
Coroner Confirms Four Fatalities in I-84 Accident
Coroner Owens has confirmed four people died in a multiple vehicle fatality on June 16, 2018 on I-84 in Boise. The accident occurred eastbound I-84, mile marker 47 at 11:33PM. The forensic identification process will be taking place over the next several days due to the conditions of the decedents. Once forensic identification is made
Coroner Identifies Man's Body Found in Eagle
Coroner Owens identified 44 year-old Jordan Kelsch, of Kuna, as the man’s body found in Eagle on May 29, 2018. At the time of his death, Kelsch was working near Glen Stuart Lane in Eagle. The cause and manner of death are pending further testing and investigation. Toxicology is pending and results may take several
Coroner Identifies Caldwell Man's Cause of Death
37 year-old Ian Stone was pronounced dead at 9:54pm on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center. Coroner Owens identified the cause of death as a gunshot wound to the head. The manner of death is a suicide. According to reports, Ian Stone was transported from a Caldwell residence to Saint Alphonsus
UPDATE: Caldwell Homicide Victim and Cause of Death Identified
Coroner Owens identified 29 year-old Jaclyn Dawn Zabel as the victim of a homicide in Caldwell this morning. She was pronounced dead at 7:07am at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center. The cause of death has been ruled a single gunshot wound to the head. The manner of death is homicide. According to reports, Jaclyn was
Coroner Identifies Man Killed in Work Related Accident
Coroner Owens identified 65 year-old Antonio Barroso Garcia, of Nampa, as the man killed while working at the old Hewlett Packard facility on Chinden Boulevard in Boise. Garcia died of blunt force trauma of the head and neck that was sustained from a work related accident on May 23, 2018. Toxicology is pending and results
Child's Body Recovered from Car Fire Identified
DNA results positively identified 4 year-old Alliee Rose, of Boise, as the young female recovered from a car that caught fire in the Walmart parking lot at 8300 W. Overland Rd in Boise on April 10, 2018. At this time there are no additional details that are available for release. The investigation is being conducted
Man Killed in Head-On Crash Identified
82 year-old Joe M. Lorah, of Boise, was identified by Coroner Owens as the victim of a car accident on Maple Grove Rd on Monday, May 21, 2018. Lorah died of traumatic blunt force injuries of the chest that were sustained from a motor vehicle collision. He was transported to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center