Details emerge about possible second suspect
Justin Roy Booth stands in front of a confederate flag in this photo posted publicly on Facebook.
Facebook post about small engine repair business run by accused killer David Hutto and his housemate and business partner, Justin Roy Booth. Booth is in federal custody in Bonner County and Hutto is charged with second -degree murder in the death of Willaim "Bo" Kirk.
Facebook post showing Justin Roy Booth was holding a garage sale at the home where he lived with accused killer David Earl Hutto.
Justin Roy Booth and David Hutto's business cards are seen in this photo posted on Facebook.
COEUR d’ALENE — While local law enforcement agencies remain tight-lipped about the identity of the second suspect in the William “Bo” Kirk killing, U.S. District Court documents, jail records and social media posts point to a possible subject.
Justin Roy Booth, 36, is in federal custody at the Bonner County Detention Center, accused of being in illegal possession of a gun, a federal crime for a felon. Booth was convicted in 2010 and went to prison for multiple counts of robbery, burglary and grand theft. He was out on parole.
Booth was booked into the Sandpoint jail at 9:30 p.m. Friday, hours after David Earl Hutto was arrested in Kootenai County. Bonner County Sheriff Daryl Wheeler said Booth was delivered to his jail by U.S. Marshals, for housing only.
The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office has not released the second suspect’s identity, but said in a statement Saturday that a suspect was “being held in federal custody on charges related to the homicide.”
Hutto was charged Monday in First District Court with second-degree murder and is being held in Kootenai County jail on a $2 million bond.
Kirk was found dead Tuesday, Oct. 25, in the Hayden Creek area of the Coeur d’Alene National Forest. He went missing Oct. 22 after leaving his job at a Post Falls hospital. His truck was found burning that night on Rimrock Road in the northern section of the county.
Prosecutors said Monday Kirk was shot to death. They accused Hutto of following Kirk home after a road rage incident, and then kidnapping him and shooting him to death.
At the time of his arrest Friday, police and court records show Hutto was living at 1319 E. Miles Ave., Hayden, which is Booth’s home address.
That is also the same residence searched by police late Friday afternoon.
Booth was questioned earlier in the day Friday by FBI Special Agent Edward Jacobson and Sgt. Ken Lallatin with the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office.
Booth told the investigators he operates a small engine repair shop, and on Oct. 15 he accepted a .38-caliber revolver as a trade for two mopeds, according to a federal probable cause affidavit released Tuesday. The individual who initiated the gun trade was not identified in the court record.
The affidavit states police found a gun matching the description of the traded gun when the search warrant was executed at 1319 E. Miles Ave.
Recent social media posts by Booth and Hutto reveal the men ran a small engine repair business together at the Miles Avenue address.
The men belonged to multiple Facebook groups dedicated to selling and trading items, and on Sept. 15, Booth created a group with accompanying business cards. The Facebook group’s name: “Hayden, Idaho...2 Brothers Buy & Sell Or Trade Anything! Rude People Be Gone!”
A photo of the business cards shows the men are co-owners with “Justin” in charge of sales and “David” handling repairs.
Late on Oct. 20, two days before Bo Kirk went missing, Booth posted on the “Swap and shop Cda” Facebook group that he was holding a garage sale the next day.
“I need to get rid of stuff and make money for rent...If you want to sell or buy please stop by. 1319 e miles Ave Hayden,” Booth wrote.