Stories from Friday, January 6, 2023

James Patrick “Pat” Finn, age 71, of Mountain Home, passed away at his home on January 4, 2023. A Funeral Service will be held at Rost Funeral Home on Friday, January 13, 2023, at 11:00 A.M. with burial to follow at Mountain View Cemetery. 

Gerald Esco (Flip) Fletcher, age 97, was born May 5, 1925 in Mountain Home, Idaho to Roy and Tullie Tate Fletcher. He had an older brother Rolland. Gerald went to school in Mountain Home and graduated 1943. He joined the Navy May 1,1943 serving in the Pacific and European theaters on the SS George M. Pullman. He received an honorable discharge March 26, 1946...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ The DNA of the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students was found on a knife sheath recovered at the crime scene and cellphone data shows that in the months before the attack, he was in the area of the victims' home multiple times, an investigator said in court documents unsealed Thursday...