Additional Charges Filed Against Three Suspects Kidnapping, Burglary Charges Added In Killing Near Boise

Sun., Dec. 17, 1995

Associated Press

Ada County prosecutors have filed additional charges against three of the six people accused in connection with the Nov. 20 slaying of Travis McIntier.

Audie Helms, 18, and Melissa Friedly, 18, both of Boise, were charged on Friday with second-degree kidnapping and burglary. Aleatha Kirkpatrick, 18, also of Boise, was charged with burglary.

The three already faced grand theft charges for allegedly stealing McIntier’s car after he was killed.

Two others - Richard Dunn, 26, and John Maynard, 18 - are accused of beating McIntier and throwing him off a 100-foot cliff near Lucky Peak Reservoir. The Boise men both are charged with first-degree murder.

A sixth suspect, 21-year-old Shawn Norris of Boise, is charged with aiding and abetting murder.

Helms, Kirkpatrick, Dunn, Norris and Maynard are being held in the Ada County Jail. Friedly resisted extradition after her arrest in California, and authorities say it could be more than a month before she will be returned to Idaho.

Helms and Kirkpatrick are scheduled for preliminary hearings Monday and Wednesday.

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