Murder victims tied to Idaho fugitives ID’d as men aged 83 and 72: Latest

Skylar Meade, Tonia Huber and Nicholas Umphenour appeared in court on Friday after officials arrested them the day before following Meade’s prison break earlier this week.

Huber, 52, was found with Meade as officials took him into custody. She’s been charged with harbouring a fugitive, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison, possession of a controlled substance, another felony, and eluding police.

Meade has been charged with felony escape, with his bond set at $2m.

Officials with the Nez Perce County Sheriff’s Office released a photo of one of the men state police said was killed in connection with the prison escape this week.

James L Mauney, 83, was walking his white Jack Russell and brown Chesapeake Bay Retriever on Wednesday when he encountered Skylar Meade and Nicholas Umphenour, police said. He was wearing sweat pants, a yellow flannel, white shoes and a bucket hat.

The men then carjacked the man’s 2019 Silver Chrysler Pacifica. His body was found in a desolate area near Leland.

Officials said in a press release that the two fugitives may have travelled through Missoula, Montana during Skylar Meade’s escape, which is nearly eight hours away from the hospital in Boise where he broke free from custody.

The Associated Press reports that the man that help Skylar Meade escape was also a member of the Aryan Knights gang and had recently been released from prison.

Officials have also released two mugshots for the men following their capture.

According to the Idaho State Police, an unidentified 52-year-old woman was taken into custody on charges related to Meade’s flight from the residence. She was booked into the Twin Falls County Jail.

A manhunt is underway in Idaho after a prisoner serving a 20-year sentence for shooting at a sheriff during a high-speed car chase was busted out of a hospital in a night-time raid by an armed accomplice.

Michelle Del Rey reports:

An escaped inmate and his armed accomplice have been located and taken into custody in Idaho, following a dramatic prison-break earlier this week.

Prisoner Skylar Meade, 31, who had previously been serving a 20-year sentence for shooting at a sheriff during a high-speed chase, was busted out of hospital in a night-time raid on Wednesday.

“I am extremely proud of the entire Twin Falls Police Department and our partners,” Twin Falls Police Chief Craig Kingsbury said in a written statement. “Although one of our vehicles was damaged during the P.I.T. maneuver, there were no injuries to members of our community, our team, other law enforcement, or the suspects themselves.”