POCATELLO -- The Bannock County Prosecutor's Office has released the name of the 12-year-old boy accused of killing his father along with the amended charges he will now face.
Bannock County Deputy Prosecutor Ian Service says Cord Danielson will face first-degree-murder charges in the death of his father, 46-year-old Paul Danielson.
This all started on Friday, Feb. 17 when an emergency call was transferred to Bannock County. When deputies arrived, they found Paul Danielson dead. They also put the man’s 12-year-old boy in custody.
The Bannock County coroner determined Monday that Danielson died from small caliber firearm wounds to the head.
Danielson owned a business in the area, and had been in the Downey area for five years.
When talking about this unusual case, Sheriff Lorin Neilsen said, “This isn’t indicative of our community but we do have the resources to be able to do this investigation. I feel comfortable with the people that we have working with us. I just hope that everybody will give us time to be able to get this worked out.”
