Corey Hood Could Face Murder Charge If Prosecutor Can Prove He Lied, Plea Deal Could Be Void

If prosecutors can convince a judge that confessed slayer Corey Hood lied on the witness stand, a plea agreement could be withdrawn and the 22-year-old could face a murder charge.

A hearing to void Hood’s guilty pleas to a pair of voluntary man-slaughter charges opened Thursday. In an earlier hearing, Hood admitted he killed Wendy Hunter and his grandmother, Mae Hood.

Minidoka County Deputy Prosecutor John Bradley will attempt to prove Hood lied when he signed the plea agreement, and the contract was breached when Hood’s testimony was proven false. Hood had promised to testify about the involvement of three others in the deaths of Hunter and Mae Hood.

But his testimony linking his cousin Shannah Reeves, Brian Mack and Matthew Mines did not hold up under questioning from their attorneys.

The hearing may bring healing for family members, friends and victims.

“It seems like it’s gone nowhere for so long,” said Daniel Hood, Mae Hood’s son and Corey Hood’s uncle.

While rendering an opinion of Hood’s testimony after a hearing, Magistrate Roy Holloway called Hood a liar.

“This witness has done nothing but lie during the investigation of this crime,” Holloway wrote, calling Hood’s stories implausible and incredible. “Even after he obtained a deal from the state, if he told the truth, he continued to lie.”