A former Idaho State Police officer, Daniel Charles Howard, has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the 2021 death of his wife. The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office found probable cause that the fatal gunshot wound Kendy Howard sustained was not self-inflicted. Daniel Howard had also previously faced charges of grand theft, petit theft, and possession of an untagged deer, and resigned from the Idaho State Police in 2014.
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- A former Idaho State Police officer, Daniel Charles Howard, has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with his wife’s death.
- Daniel Howard resigned from the Idaho State Police in 2014, after he was suspended amid investigations into criminal activity in Kootenai and Bonner counties.
- The charges stem from the night of Feb. 2, 2021, when Daniel Howard called authorities and reported that his wife had shot herself.
- Detectives found probable cause that the fatal gunshot wound Kendy Howard sustained was not self-inflicted.
- Daniel Howard also faces a felony domestic battery charge.
- Howard faced charges of grand theft, petit theft, and possession of an untagged deer related to acts in Kootenai County.
- In 2011, Howard reportedly shot and killed a woman while on duty. The shooting was later ruled justified by an outside agency.
Former state trooper charged with murder
COEUR d’ALENE — A former Idaho State Police officer has been charged with killing. . .
