There Have Been 6 Murders In ID, UT, WA Sheds Since 2017

Sheds are generally places that people keep things like gasoline cans, tools, extra furniture, and lawnmowers. Sheds are also used to conceal dark crimes at times.

Being chained in a dark, drafty room is something that gets written into Hollywood scripts every few years. Films like The Cell, Lovely Bones, Silence of the Lambs, Misery, Saw, and Heretic have all frightened us to the point where we're not entering a stranger's property anytime soon.

In the past eight years, a number of horrific crimes involving sheds have been carried out in states like Idaho, Utah, and Washington State. One was so gruesome that the suspect has landed on the nation's most wanted list and has never been captured. Who knows how many more have been perpetrated that police are unaware of.

Six Murders Involving Sheds Have Been Carried Out In Idaho, Utah, And Washington Since 2017

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In 2017, three Boise area women were found shot to death in a shed in Canyon County. The suspect, a family member, disappeared, and is a most wanted fugitive, according to People Magazine.

In 2024, a 27-year-old woman in Murray, Utah, was found burned to death in a storage shed. Police charged the victim's boyfriend with the crime after initially investigating the matter as an accident, according to East Idaho News.

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NBC News reported the case of an 82-year-old woman found buried under concrete under a shed in Olympia, Washington, back in April. The victim's handyman was taken into custody shortly after the woman's body was found.

Most recently, a homeowner in Lapwai, Idaho, shot and killed a female and wounded another man after he discovered they were trespassing. The two had broke into the man's shed when they were confronted. Murder charges were filed in this case, according to KREM 2 News.