Experts testify in Howard murder trial
Daniel Howard is accused of killing his wife, Kendy Howard, three years ago.
KAYE THORNBRUGH/Press
COEUR d’ALENE — Daniel Howard’s DNA wasn’t found on the gun that shot his wife three years ago, a forensic scientist testified.
Monday marked the second week in the murder trial of Daniel Howard, a former Idaho State Police trooper accused of killing his wife, Kendy Howard, then placing her body in a bathtub and staging her death to look like a suicide by shooting her. He has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and felony domestic battery.
Tyler Staples, a forensic scientist in the DNA section of the Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory, analyzed several items recovered from the Howard family home in Athol. These include the pistol and magazine found in the bathtub with Kendy Howard.
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