Arrest made in French Gulch murder case

A Kingston woman was arrested by Idaho State Police detectives Friday in connection with the August death of a 22-month-old girl. Heather Lynn Crawford, 26, was taken into custody at her home and booked into Shoshone County Jail. She is facing a charge of first-degree murder.

According to the Idaho State Police, officers were called to the French Gulch home of the child early in the morning of Aug. 23, when the child's father and his girlfriend, Crawford, reported that the child was found in her bed, not breathing and unresponsive. First responders' attempts to revive the girl were unsuccessful and she was pronounced dead at Shoshone Medical Center in Kellogg. Crawford will be arraigned in Shoshone County Magistrate Court on Monday.