'Remorseless killer': Howard gets life sentence for wife’s murder
Daniel Howard, right, received a life sentence without the possibility of parole for the murder of his wife, Kendy Howard.
KAYE THORNBRUGH/Press
COEUR d’ALENE — A former Idaho State Police trooper will spend the rest of his life in prison for murdering his wife.
Daniel C. Howard, 58, was convicted in March of second-degree murder and domestic battery. Prosecutors said he killed his wife, Kendy Howard, via asphyxiation in February 2021 and then staged the scene to make it appear as though she died by suicide.
First District Judge Lamont Berecz sentenced Daniel Howard on Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder. Daniel Howard also received a 10-year sentence for domestic battery, which will run concurrently with his life sentence.
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