Failed Guv Candidate Convicted of Murdering 12-Year-Old Jonelle Matthews

GUILTY!

Matthews, whose remains were found in 2019, was one of the first children to be featured as a missing child on the back of a milk carton.

Published Oct. 31 2022 3:40PM EDT

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Steve Pankey was convicted on Monday in the 1984 murder of 12-year-old Colorado girl Jonelle Matthews. Pankey, who attempted to run for governor of Idaho in 2014 and 2018, was found guilty of first-degree murder and second-degree kidnapping.

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

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Failed Guv Candidate Convicted of Murdering 12-Year-Old Jonelle Matthews

Matthews, whose remains were found in 2019, was one of the first children to be featured as a missing child on the back of a milk carton.

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling