So, like, there was this super crazy case, right? It was all about this lady named Kendy Howard who was found dead in her bathtub. The authorities were all like, “Oh, it’s a suicide,” but then they started noticing some weird stuff at the scene. Let’s dive into the details of this whole drama.
So, Kendy Howard and this dude Dan had been married for a whopping 26 years. But things weren’t all roses and sunshine in their marriage. In 2021, Dan went from being a state trooper to working in the Alaskan oil fields for weeks at a time. Talk about a change in career, right?
Then, just five days before Kendy’s tragic death, she drops a bomb on Dan. She’s all like, “Hey, I want a divorce.” And apparently, Dan’s reaction wasn’t exactly stellar. Wonder what went down in that convo, right?
Fast forward to February 2, 2021, and Dan calls 911 in a panic, claiming Kendy shot herself in the bathtub. The whole thing was dispatched as a suicide, but something just didn’t sit right with the Kootenai County authorities.
When the deputies arrived at the Howards’ crib, they found Dan in a total state. Dude was screaming, crying, and gagging. It was a whole mess. And poor Kendy was found dead in the bathtub with a gunshot wound to her head. Her own gun was chilling in the bathwater. Like, what a scene to walk into, right?
But wait, there’s more. Deputy Thomas spots a packed duffle bag with women’s clothes at the bottom of the stairs. Was someone planning on making a run for it? And get this, the clothes dryer was running with clean bath towels and mats inside. Like, did someone try to clean up the mess before the cops showed up?
And here’s the kicker – Kendy’s gun was found in the tub. The investigators were all like, “Hmm, shouldn’t there be more blood if she was alive when she got shot?” It’s like something out of a movie, for real.
Oh, and when Dan called Kendy’s daughter Brooke with the news, she straight-up accuses him of offing her mom. Talk about a tense family situation, right?
After two long years, Dan gets slapped with murder charges. And to top it off, he’s also hit with domestic battery charges from a previous incident. The trial kicks off, with the prosecution claiming Dan killed Kendy using some move he learned in his cop days. But the defense is all like, “Nah, she did it herself.”
After 10 days of intense courtroom drama, 62 witnesses, and over eight hours of deliberation, the jury drops the verdict – guilty. Dan is sentenced to life in the slammer without any chance of getting out. Justice served, or is there more to this twisted tale? Who knows, man. Life is wild.
