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Samuel verdict: Guilty

COEUR d'ALENE — A jury Friday night found Eldon Samuel III guilty of two counts of murder.
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Final testimony expected today in Samuel trial

COEUR d'ALENE — The Kootenai County jurors in teenager Eldon Samuel III's double-murder trial are on schedule to begin deliberations today.
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Defense expert: Killings not premeditated

COEUR d'ALENE — A neuropsychologist who completed a forensic mental health assessment on Eldon Samuel III testified Tuesday the teenager was incapable of acting deliberately when he killed his father and younger brother.
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Eldon Samuel's sister calls father 'violent'

COEUR d'ALENE — Eldon Samuel III's defense team continued Monday calling witnesses to describe the boy's parents' prescription-drug abuse and his brother's "aggressive" behavior related to autism.
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Jury hears more about brother who was killed

Defense witnesses paint picture of ‘aggressive’ boy who would ‘target’ school staff members
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'Not a very safe place for kids'

Witnesses say Eldon Samuel III was younger brother’s primary caretaker
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Mother: Father had zombie apocalypse plan

Tina Samuel testified that boy’s father was a violent man
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Witnesses: Samuel's father 'upset' outside home day of killings

COEUR d'ALENE — Neighbors who lived directly across the street from Eldon Samuel III's family in Coeur d'Alene testified Tuesday they never saw him, or his brother, playing outside. No ballgames, no bike riding, no buddies coming over after school.
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Taking aim at climate change

COEUR d'ALENE — A member of Climate Action CdA, a group tied to Kootenai Environmental Alliance, is scheduled to make a 10-minute presentation to the Coeur d'Alene City Council tonight.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS AGO

Jurors finish watching confession video in Samuel trial

COEUR d'ALENE — Toward the end of a lengthy video-recorded police interrogation, a then 14-year-old Eldon G. Samuel III told investigators he should probably "die" for killing his brother and father hours earlier.
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Samuel confesses in police interrogation video

COEUR d'ALENE — Jurors Thursday got a glimpse of Eldon G. Samuel III himself describing what happened inside the house where he was living with his brother and father when he killed them both on the night of March 24, 2014.
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Jurors see video, pictures of crime scene in Samuel murder trial

COEUR d'ALENE — Teenager Eldon G. Samuel III unloaded on his younger brother, Jonathan Samuel, shooting him 10 times using a shotgun and handgun. He also inflicted roughly 100 other wounds using a knife and machete on March 24, 2014, according to opening statements and testimony Wednesday in Samuel's double-murder …
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Opening statements today in Samuel trial

COEUR d'ALENE — A jury was seated late Tuesday afternoon for the double-murder trial of teenager Eldon G. Samuel III. Ten men and four women — including two alternates — were picked in the 1st District Court case.
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Jury selection underway in murder case

COEUR d'ALENE — Jury selection continues today in the double-murder trial of teen Eldon G. Samuel III.
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Cd'A to cut 10 trees along Northwest Boulevard

COEUR d'ALENE — The city of Coeur d'Alene on Wednesday plans to cut down 10 Norway maple trees along Northwest Boulevard in front of the Museum of North Idaho.
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