Bingham County woman charged with homicide

Summary

Deputies from the Bingham County Sheriff's Office were dispatched Monday to a house near Firth. The initial call was for a suicidal person. When they arrived, deputies found the body of 45-year-old Greg Porter.

Story Created: Jul 22, 2008 at 4:01 PM MDT

Story Updated: Nov 21, 2008 at 12:32 AM MDT

Bingham County woman charged with homicide
BLACKFOOT - Deputies from the Bingham County Sheriff's Office were dispatched Monday to a house near Firth.

The initial call was for a suicidal person.

When they arrived, deputies found the body of 45-year-old Greg Porter.

After interviewing Porter's wife, Dorthy, detectives from Bingham County and the Blackfoot Police Department determined this was a homicide, and not a suicide.

52-year-old Dorthy Porter was arrested and put in the Bingham County Jail.

She is charged with homicide and possession of a firearm. She will be arraigned in court Tuesday afternoon.

There have been no previous calls to this home, involving this couple.

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