On October 13, 2020, Steven Pankey was indicted on charges of murdering and kidnapping Matthews. Following extradition from Idaho, Pankey made his first appearance in a Colorado courtroom in Greeley on October 30, 2020. [25]

2022年10月31日 · Jurors found Pankey not guilty of first-degree murder after deliberation. Pankey pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and murder and faced four charges in the case including false...

2024年8月25日 · Here's everything you need to know about Steve Pankey, the man convicted of kidnapping 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews from her Colorado home and killing her.

2022年10月31日 · On Monday morning, a Weld County jury found Steve Pankey — the man accused of kidnapping and killing the Greeley 12-year-old in 1984 — guilty of second-degree …

2024年8月23日 · Yet, as of writing, 71-year-old Steve Pankey is incarcerated at the mixed-security Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility in Ordway, Colorado. According to state records, he’ll actually become eligible for parole on October 1, 2040, when he’s in his late 80s.

2022年10月31日 · After a first trial ended in a hung jury, a new set of Colorado jurors convicted defendant Steven Pankey, 71, of second-degree kidnapping with use of a deadly weapon, first …

2022年12月19日 · A jury convicted Steve Pankey earlier this year, finding him guilty of the 12-year-old girl’s kidnapping and murder. FOX31 sat down with the lead investigator to get insight...

2022年10月31日 · Hours after the man, Steven D. Pankey, 71, a former Greeley resident who made a long-shot bid for the Republican nomination for governor of Idaho in 2018, was found …

2022年11月2日 · A former longshot Idaho gubernatorial candidate was convicted Monday of kidnapping and killing a 12-year-old Colorado girl who went missing nearly 40 years ago.

2022年11月9日 · Steven Pankey, 71 – a total stranger to the Matthews family who’d also lived in Greeley and nursed a grudge against their church – was sentenced to life in prison on Halloween.