Idaho prosecutors demand death penalty for white supremacist accused of murder while on the run from jail

A achromatic supremacist accused of sidesplitting an aged antheral walking his dogs portion connected the tally from constabulary whitethorn beryllium sentenced to decease if Idaho prosecutors get their way.

Nez Perce County Prosecutor Justin Coleman announced Thursday that helium is seeking the decease punishment for Nicholas Umphenour, 29, if helium is convicted of a execution complaint successful the March decease of 83-year-old James Mauney, KHQ-TV reported.

Authorities allege Umphenour killed Mauney aft helium helped inmate Skylar Meade, 32, escape from a Boise hospital connected March 20, wherever Meade was being treated for self-inflicted gunshot wounds.

It is alleged the 2 are members of the Aryan Knights gang, and had planned retired a break-out implicit substance messages successful which Meade would commencement cutting himself astatine the maximum information situation wherever helium was serving a 10-year condemnation for shooting a constabulary serviceman during a chase, according to the Spokesman-Review.

He was past brought to St. Alphonse infirmary successful Boise for treatment, wherever Umphenour started shooting astatine corrections officers arsenic they and Meade were leaving.

Umphenour changeable 2 of the officers, and a 3rd was changeable erstwhile different serviceman mistook him for the shooter and opened fire, constabulary said. 

One serviceman was injured successful the aftermath, but each 3 survived. 

From there, officers say, Meade and Umphenour fled the country - driving respective hours to north-central Idaho.

There, they allegedly came successful interaction with Mauney, who had taken his dogs for a locomotion connected a section way aboriginal that greeting and ne'er returned. 

His assemblage was yet recovered miles distant adjacent Leland, Idaho, alongside an abandoned Honda Civic, which the suspects were reportedly driving earlier switching to Mauney's Chrysler Pacifica.

Shortly aft the alleged murder, constabulary assertion the the 2 men headed backmost to confederate Idaho and Mauney’s stolen minivan was recovered successful Twin Falls, wherever the men were arrested.

'Seeking the decease punishment is due successful this lawsuit considering the defendant’s implicit deficiency of respect for the beingness of Mr. Mauney,' Coleman said Thursday. 

'We’ll proceed to combat successful some this lawsuit and the co-defendant’s lawsuit to get justness for the victim.'

Both Umphenour and Meade are present charged with first-degree execution successful Mauney's death, and is present being held astatine the Nez Perce County Detention Facility.

Authorities person besides suggested the 2 are liable for the execution of 72-year-old Gerald 'Don' Henderson arsenic they fled.

His assemblage was recovered successful his Orofino cabin, on with Mauney's dogs and Meade's situation shackles, the Spokesman-Review reports. 

Police accidental Henderson was a one-time acquaintance of Umphenour, but neither Umphenour nor Meade person yet been charged successful that case. 

In the meantime, Umphenour is serving retired a beingness condemnation for helping Meade flight the hospital.

He had pleaded blameworthy successful September to aiding and abetting flight and aggravated battle and artillery connected instrumentality enforcement officers successful that case, and was sentenced past month.

But Umphenour whitethorn beryllium eligible for parole successful 40 years successful that case, the Idaho Statesman reports.

He is present being held without the enactment for a enslaved arsenic helium faces the execution charge, and is scheduled for an arraignment successful that lawsuit connected December 12. 

Meade, meanwhile, had besides been sentenced to beingness successful situation successful the March 20 flight and is facing the aforesaid execution complaint successful Nez Perce County and imaginable decease punishment if convicted. 

He has had a not blameworthy plea entered for him portion his lawsuit continues.