He should have been in jail

Cornered by a Kootenai County Sheriff’s deputy Thursday, Steven Denson, the man wanted on suspicion of killing his ex-fiance in a hospital parking lot, was at the end of his rope.

Denson’s white Nissan Pathfinder was pursued by a sheriff’s deputy to the end of North Bruss Road in Hauser. A minute after the deputy positioned his patrol car to prevent Denson’s escape, the sound of a muffled gunshot came from inside the suspect’s vehicle.

The 61-year-old apparently put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger, ending his own life similarly to the way he was accused of taking Kelly Pease’s. The 37-year-old nursing student’s body was found in a car Wednesday at Kootenai Health.

This situation should have never materialized, said David Hopkins, a man who lived on the same Hayden property Denson did/ Ryan Collingwood , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here.