Edgar Steele dies Thursday
David Cole Hagadone News Network | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 11 years, 3 months AGO
COEUR d’ALENE — Outspoken and in the end imprisoned, North Idaho trial lawyer, author and speaker Edgar J. Steele died Thursday, his family confirmed. He was 69.
His wife, Cyndi Steele, said Friday her husband died of pneumonia, a lung infection he had for a year. She accused the federal prison in Victorville, Calif., of failing to provide Steele with adequate care.
“His death is just a continuation of the unjust treatment my husband has faced since the day of his arrest” in June 2010, Cyndi Steele said.
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