An Idaho man who recently admitted to a 1996 murder that sent a wrongfully convicted man to prison for two decades, will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) Eighteen-year-old Angie Dodge was raped and killed in her Idaho home a quarter-century ago and an innocent man wrongly served 20 years in prison for the crime. On Tuesday, the man authorities have said is the real killer was sentenced to life in prison.
Brian Leigh Dripps Sr., 55, must serve at least 20 years in prison before he will be eligible for parole, 7th District Judge Joel Tingey said.
Dripps defense attorneys say his medical problems including a history of heart issues and an autoimmune disease makes it unlikely that he will live long enough to get parole. Twenty-five years is a long time to wait for some type of closure on such a brutal crime, Tingey said. . It s impossible to quantify how much damage has been caused, and it s spread wide.
Angie Dodge was killed in 1996 in Idaho Falls. Her real murderer has now been sentenced Jacob Scholl, The Idaho Statesman
Jun. 8 Almost 25 years to the day after Angie Dodge s rape and murder in Idaho Falls, her killer knows his fate.
Brian Dripps, a 55-year-old former Caldwell resident, was sentenced Tuesday to up to life in prison for the crimes. He must serve at least 20 years before he is eligible for parole.
Dodge was 18 when she was sexually assaulted and stabbed to death in her Idaho Falls apartment in June 1996. Dripps arrest did not come until 2019, after a wrongfully convicted man, Christopher Tapp, spent 20 years in prison. DNA evidence collected from the crime scene was tested in 2016 and showed Tapp s genetic material wasn t present. He was released from prison in 2017 on a deal with prosecutors and then exonerated in July 2019.
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The news of Texas Longhorns linebacker Jake Ehlinger’s death continues to echo across the college football landscape. Ehlinger’s former high school head coach, Westlake High School head coach Todd Dodge, sent out his own message over the weekend. Below:
“Jake Ehlinger’s legacy will live on forever in Westlake Football. His pure toughness, and willingness to do anything for his team is unmatched in the years that we’ve been together at Westlake.” -Todd Dodge
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