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Samuel told police he hated brother

Eldon Gale Samuel III told police detectives he had contemplated killing his younger brother Jonathan for “a while” and also said, “I hated him” when asked about his relationship with the 13-year-old autistic boy. On Friday, jurors in Samuel’s murder trial resumed watching a lengthy video of him being questioned by two Coeur d’Alene Police detectives in the hours after Samuel, then 14, was arrested for killing his father and brother on March 24, 2014/Scott Maben, SR. More here.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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