GREELEY, Colo. — Jurors are deliberating in the trial of a former longshot Idaho gubernatorial candidate charged with murder in the death of a 12-year-old Colorado girl who disappeared in 1984.
Steve Pankey was a neighbor of Jonelle Matthews and her family when she vanished after being dropped off at her empty home by a family friend after performing at a Christmas concert.
He only emerged as a person of interest in the case three decades later after claiming to have information about what happened to her and asking for immunity.
His lawyer said he's a paranoid true crime junkie but not a murderer.
