N. Idaho man hopes to heat up cold case
<p>James Turpin, back center, spends some time with his nieces and nephews, including Jim Turpin, front; Tom Turpin, right; and Nita Turpin (now Nita Vincent), left. (Courtesy photo)</p>
SANDPOINT — Jim Turpin of Post Falls is still haunted by a murder that occurred when he was only 4 years old.
Now 80, he still finds himself thinking about that day — April 25, 1939 — almost daily. On that fateful evening, his uncle, James Turpin, was killed by a mysterious gunman in a robbery gone wrong. The slaying is a cold case more than 70 years old, and throughout that time, Turpin has spent his life wondering who the murderer was and how he lived his life.
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