Teen Murder Suspect Gets Hearing
Eldon Samuel III, the Coeur d’Alene teenager accused of killing his father and brother last year, has been writing in code while at the Kootenai County Juvenile Justice Center and said he’s interested in writing a book, according to court testimony this morning. “We stumbled upon a few pieces of paper in his folder,” said Edward Fidler III, a Coeur d’Alene School District teacher who works with juvenile offenders, in a hearing before 1st District Judge Benjamin Simpson. “It was later discovered that he was actually writing in code.” Samuel, 15, was reprimanded for the writings, which were turned over to the juvenile jail staff. Using a simple cipher, detention specialists were able to decrypt the writings./Scott Maben, SR. More here.