https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/former-idaho-gubernatorial-candidate-indicted-in-death-of-jonelle-matthews/ar-BB19ZtJX
A Weld County grand jury has indicted a former Idaho gubernatorial candidate in the death of Jonelle Matthews, whose remains were found last year — 34 years after she was last seen alive.
Documents show Steven Dana Pankey, 69, is facing first-degree murder charges as well as second-degree kidnapping with a weapon.
Weld District Attorney Michael Rourke and members of the Greeley Police Department are scheduled to hold a news conference about the case at 3 p.m.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Jonelle_Matthews
Jonelle Matthews was a 12-year-old girl who disappeared on December 20, 1984. She remained missing for 34 years, until her remains were discovered on July 24, 2019 by construction workers putting in a new pipeline 15 miles away from her home.
On the evening of December 20, 1984, Jonelle was performing in a holiday concert at IntraWest Bank of Denver as a member of Greeley's Franklin Middle School Choir. Her family was not present at the concert as Jonelle's father was at his other daughter's basketball game and her mother had flown east to be with Jonelle's ill grandfather. At 8:15 PM that evening, Jonelle arrived at her home in Greeley, Colorado after getting a ride from her friend DeeAnn Ross and DeeAnn's father. Shortly after 8:30 PM, Jonelle answered a phone call and took a message for her father. The phone call was the last time anyone was known to have spoken with Jonelle.
Her father arrived home at 9:30 PM and found the garage door open, but no one was in the house, although Jonelle's shoes and shawl were near a heater in the family room, a place she often sat. Jonelle's older sister, Jennifer, got home at 10:00 PM, but had not seen her. Their father began to worry, and called police. The police arrived at 10:15 PM and found footprints in the snow, indicating that someone had been looking in the windows. There were no signs of a struggle or of forced entry. With snow on the ground, Jonelle's father thought it unlikely that she would go far without shoes
https://ballotpedia.org/Steve_Pankey
Steven Pankey (Republican Party) ran for election for Governor of Idaho. He lost in the Republican primary on May 15, 2018.
Pankey completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2018. Click here to read the survey answers.
Prior to that, Pankey was a Constitution Party candidate for Governor of Idaho in the 2014 elections.[1] Steve Pankey lost the general election on November 4, 2014.