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Just a note to think on....You didn`t have to attend the movie to buy popcorn in those days.People would buy treats & then wait til the movie was over to catch their ride or possible ride w/whoever was going their way.It was still common practice w/kids when I was a teenger, as there were few cars.

I can`t remember the cops name who took the files but I just placed a call to my Brother & will be able to give you his name soon. I believe he is going to write a book abt The History of Lawman in Idaho. Orofino kept all old files at the City Jail & then the floods came & most were...

I am new to this site & I feel hesitant to just jump in. I was born & raised in Orofino & my father was the Deputy Sheriff at the time of the murder.I heard the stories all my life.I heard it from my father when I was 7 yrs. so as to be in by dark or never take a ride from strangers.Every kid...

Alot of the files are in the possession of a former policeman from Orofino who intends to write a book.The Boise Archives are aware also.

My father was a Deputy in Orofino at the time of Lonnie Jones murder.