Magic Valley Man Charged for Murder of Wife
BURELEY, Idaho (KLIX)-A 32-year-old Mini-Cassia area man has been arrested in connection to the the 2014 murder of his wife near Raft River.
Jim Lee Murphy was arrested and charged March 3, for the first degree murder of Whitney Murphy. According to court documents, Whitney had been found shot to death with a shotgun on October 26, 2014 at a rural home located east of Burley off Interstate 84. Cassia County Sheriff s deputies had been called to the scene after a neighbor had been hit by shotshell while in their basement. When deputies arrived they found Murphy dead next door in what looked like a botched robbery. The murder weapon was never found.
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Authorities in Idaho who initially believed a woman was killed in a 2014 home invasion have now accused the woman s husband.
Last week, police charged Jimmy Lee Murphy, 32, with one count of first-degree murder in connection with the Oct. 26, 2014, fatal shooting of Whitney Murphy, who was shot once in the head with a shotgun, the Cassia County Sheriff s Office confirms in a statement. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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Soon after the shooting, which also wounded a nearby neighbor, officers arrived on the scene to find Whitney dead. Investigators initially developed a theory on the killing in which Whitney returned to the couple s Burley home and interrupted
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Teen Killed in Motorcycle Crash in Burley
BURLEY, Idaho (KLIX)-An 18-year-old was killed in a crash with a small pickup Wednesday night in Burley. According to the Cassia County Sheriff s Office, deputies responded to the intersection of Hiland and Magnolia Ave at around 7 p.m. after a Ford Ranger struck a Kawasaki KX100.
Deputies who arrived on scene first attempted life-saving measures on the young male before Burley Fire arrived and took over. The teen was transported to a local hospital.
The driver of the pickup told deputies that he had been headed south on Hiland and was making a left turn when hit the motorcycle in the intersection. He told deputies that he couldn t see the motorcycle because it was dark and it didn t have any lights on.
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