his story comes from our sister station in Colorado KCNC. After four weeks of long and often emotional testimony from dozens of witnesses, 12 jurors must now decide if Steve Pankey kidnapped and killed Jonelle Matthews in 1984.
Charged with the murder of 13-year-old Jonelle Matthews in 1984, alleged murderer Steve Pankey took the stand in his own defense on Thursday. Pankey, a self-described compulsive liar, spent hours Thursday afternoon trying to convince the jury he was not involved in the young girl’s disappearance
A former longshot Idaho gubernatorial candidate on trial in the 1984 killing of a 12-year-old Colorado girl has testified that he did not know the girl or her family before she vanished and denied being involved in her disappearance.
The trial for former Idaho Gubernatorial candidate Steve Pankey has begun in Colorado. Pankey has been charged with the murder of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews
According to a press release from the Weld district attorney they will be making a major announcement regarding a 35 year old cold-case involving a missing 12 year old girl.
Steve Pankey, who made headlines last year for being under investigation in the cold-case of a 12-year-old girl that was murdered in Colorado, is now running for this year's Twin Falls County Sheriff.
