Two arrested in Elmore County after 2021 suicide reclassified as homicide, police say

Two arrested in Elmore County after 2021 suicide reclassified as homicide, police say

Authorities said suspicious circumstances prompted a four-year investigation leading to a 2025 forensic report stating the injury couldn't have been self-inflicted.

Homicide Suspect Dies by Suicide After Leading Police Chase in Cook County

Daquona Verdale Peede, 31, of Manassas, Virginia, a suspect in a Henry County homicide investigation, died by suicide on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, after leading Georgia State Patrol (GSP) and Cook County Sheriff’s Office deputies on a vehicle pursuit. At approximately 7:20 a.m., GSP and the Cook County Sheriff’s Office attempted to stop Peede’s vehicle just south of Mile Marker 34 on Interstate 75 in Cook County, based on a Be On the Lookout (BOLO)…

Southern Idaho Homicide Investigation Reopened in 2021 Death of Melissa Landers; Two Arrested

PRAIRIE, ID – The Elmore County Sheriff’s Office has reclassified the 2021 death of Melissa Landers as a homicide and arrested two individuals in connection with the case, following years of investigation and a recent forensic breakthrough. On July 10, 2021, deputies responded to a report of a suspected suicide at a rural residence on South Landers Lane in Prairie. Melissa Landers was found deceased at the scene. Although initially treated as a …