Cyndi  Steele defended her husband Edgar  Steele during a press conference at Silver Lake Motel in Coeur d'Alene on Monday. Investigators have accused Edgar  Steele  of orchestrating a planned pipe bomb attack against his wife. She said her husband had no motive to kill her but that Larry Fairfax, the informant, had been caught stealing thousands of dollars worth of coins from the family. SR story by Meghann Cuniff here. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)

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