Report On Son’s Death ‘Not Complete,’ Mom Says

State investigators never talked to the doctors who treated a college student punched by a Boise police officer before clearing the officer of criminal wrongdoing.

The Idaho Statesman reported Tuesday that a state Department of Law Enforcement report on the incident involving officer John Terry and Derreck Rudd included taped interviews and a detailed description of a car accident that happened afterward, but not the autopsy, interviews with the attending doctors or Rudd’s medical file.

The department cited “inconclusive” evidence when it cleared Terry last week. He punched Rudd on Feb. 7 after he ran from two officers. The 20-year-old Idaho State University sophomore suffered facial fractures and a dislocated jaw. He died later that day when his car veered across lanes and struck a parked car in Arco.

“We feel the report is not complete,” Rudd’s mother, Kris Rudd, said. “Especially since they made conclusions without all the evidence.”

Rudd was treated at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise. State agents learned from an FBI agent that the hospital would require a subpoena to interview the doctors and inspect Rudd’s records, department spokeswoman Ann Thompson said.

“Given that knowledge, we did not attempt to interview the doctors because the state has no subpoena powers,” Thompson said. “Only a judge has subpoena powers.”