Suspect in road rage murder faces $2M bond, life in prison

Tue., Nov. 1, 2016

By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com (509) 319-0354

Claudia Jackson, Bo Kirk's sister, said the family is still searching for several answers regarding the murder of Kirk. A Kootenai County prosecutor said on Monday that the murder was the result of a road rage incident, kidnapping and shooting. (Courtesy photo from family via Coeur d'Alene Press)

William “Bo” Kirk was kidnapped, bound, and killed with a handgun following a road-rage incident, a Kootenai County prosecutor said Monday.

David Earl Hutto, 44, Hayden, was formally charged Monday with second-degree murder in connection to the Oct. 22 killing of Kirk, 41, Coeur d’Alene. Hutto’s bail was set at $2 million.

Hutto appeared before Kootenai County District Judge James Stow, wearing a red and white striped jumpsuit, separated from the rest of the inmates awaiting their remote hearings via closed circuit TV at the Kootenai County jail. Claudia Jackson, a sister of Kirk’s who watched Hutto’s first appearance at the Kootenai County Courthouse, reacted with tears and then anger when she heard how her brother died.

“What could (Kirk) possibly have done to justify taking his life?” Jackson said. “What? He didn’t use his blinker? He cut somebody off? It doesn’t justify killing someone.

“Looking at (Hutto) on camera made me sick”/ Keith Cousins & Brian Walker , Press. More here.

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