Good evening and thank you for joining
us for Creme 2 News at 5:00 ton.
I'm Mark Hanrahan. It's
good to have you here.
I'm Whitney Ward.
Just days after making his
first appearance in court,
the Shoshone County prosecutor
says the death penalty is off
the table for this man accused
of shooting and killing a
family of four in Kellogg.
Creme Du. Shannon Mowdy has
been pressing for answers about
why this decision was made.
Shannon, what have you learned today?
She shown. County Prosecutor Benjamin
Allen provided us this short
statement explaining the decisin
to not seek the death penalty.
After careful consideration and
discussion with the victim's fa,
in a statement to Creme 2 News,
Shoshone County Prosecutor Benjamin Allen
laid out the decision to not seek the
death penalty against Major John Kaler.
He's accused of killing Kenna Gardepe,
her father Kenneth,
and her teen sons Devin and Aiken Smith.
Allen says the choice not to
pursue a capital case came after
discussion with the victim's fay
as well as the realities of deah
penalty statistics in Idaho.
According to Idaho's Department
of Corrections,
only three people have
been executed since 1977,
when Idaho enacted a new
capital punishment statute.
While not included in Allen's statement,
another Idaho case may have factored in.
North Idaho only has two public defenders
qualified to handle death penalty cases,
and they're already representing
Brian Koberger,
accused of killing four Universy
of Idaho students late last yea.
A third capital qualified public
defender from Payette County has
also joined that defense team.
Kaylor's charged with four counts of first
degree murder as well as felony burglary.
Prosecutors say he admitted to killing his
neighbors after an argument on Father's Day.
He'd accused 18 year old Devon Smith of lewd,
inappropriate conduct in
front of his young children,
a report police investigated.
According to an affidavit,
Allen says the suspect admitted
to the shootings,
claiming the teens mother and grandfather
didn't take his concern seriousy
and that he did something about.
If convicted,
Kaylor still faces life in prisn
without parole for each count of murder.
Shannon Maudi,
Cremtu News.
Shannon, thank you very much.
And turning to our other top sty
tonight, the Spokane County.
A Spokane County corrections ofr
has been arrested for alleged
sexual misconduct with an inmate
according to the Spokane
County Sheriff's Office.
back in December,
another inmate reportedly saw 32
year old Corrections officer Drw
as Seifert having sex with an inmate.
According to the Sheriff's Offi,
detectives are charging Seifert
with four counts of first degree
custodial sexual misconduct.
He was booked into the Spokane County Jail.
New details tonight about the dy
overnight crash in Whitman Coun.
According to WSP, a 19 year old
female passenger was killed when
the car she was in crashed intoa
ditch a mile north of Clarkston.
Right now the cause and circumstances
of that crash are not known,
but according to troopers theres
either drugs or alcohol involve.
This is a developing story.
We will continue to bring you details
just as soon as we learn that.
And just a few hours ago, the US Coast
Guard confirmed that submersibl,
that submersible that was missing and
set out to see the Titanic wrece
did suffer A catastrophic implo.
So here's what we know right no.
Four days after the submersible
Titan was last seen, the Coast d
made the solemn announcement thy
believe all 5 passengers are de.
A remote operated vehicle discod
five different pieces of the Tin
submersible on the sea floor.
The tail cone was located
approximately 4 1/2 football fis
from the bow of the Titanic.
The ROV subsequently found additional debris.
The debris is consistent with te
catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber.
So in a statement, Ocean Gate
called the men true explorers ad
said our hearts are with these e
souls and every member of their
families during this tragic tim.
All right, taking a break from
the headlines, let's take a
look at the forecast right now.
But chief Meteorologist Jeremy the Goo
is it looks like those cold temperatures.
May finally be over.
We're definitely ready for the sunshine.
So Jeremy, how is the weekend shaping up?
We got a lot going on this week.
Oh wow, what a corner to turn.
It seems we're heading into
summer and we're not looking ba.
That's kind of the way these log
range forecast models are looki.
Right now. We're in the mid 70s.
It's quite a jump from where wet
this time yesterday, about 10 degrees
in most locations and tomorrow.
A similar jump across much of the region.
We're breaking down that trough
that's been persisting and we'vt
a couple of storms over the Cascades,
but for the most part things
are dry and it is sunny.
All that sunshine sticks
around in the days to come.
We're talking mostly sunny
and warm through tomorrow.
And yeah, a few more storms,
but they look very similar to t.
So Eastern Washington, North Id,
we don't see any of it.
Instead we see nothing but suns,
and that remains the case.
All the weekend long, 83 tomorr,
82 on Saturday and 84 on Sunday.
One thing I will say, though,
is even when we climb into
the 80s here in Spokane,
if you are downtown,
it always trends just a little bit warmer.
On top of that,
you stand on some of that
pavement and it feels even warm.
So if you're playing one of
those afternoon hoop fest games,
I'd be ready for feels like
temperatures up near 90 degrees.
All right, Jeremy, thank you very much.
Well, the NBA draft is officialy
underway and several Zags and Cs
are hoping to hear their names
announced tonight in Brooklyn.
According to mock draft project,
Gonzaga's Julian Strather is the
player that could go in the first round.
NBA drafts.net had Strather going the
earliest in their mock draft at.
After Strather, it is highly liy
the next local player to go in e
draft will be Washington's a big man,
Mohammed Gay, who was projectedo
go in the mid to late second ro.
Meanwhile, Drew Timmy not projected to be
taken in any of the latest mock drafts.
So far, however, the Athletics
Big Board has Timmy ranked as is
57th best prospect with 60 tota.
Timmy is a player that scouts se
as a great talent out of the dr,
but they believe he has already
reached close to his full poten.
In the meantime,
Washington State guard Justin Pl
and Gonzaga guard Malachi Smith
both projected to go undrafted.
We spoke with Malachi earlier this week.
He said he's not worried about that at all.
He's open to being an
undrafted free agent and
with basketball on the brains
streaming right now on Creme 2 ,
we have full coverage of tonighs
NBA Draft, so to watch is downld
Creme 2 Plus on Roku or Amazon .