Wife pleads guilty to killing husband

An Eden woman accused of murdering her husband and burning down their house to cover up the crime has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and first-degree arson.

Rawnie Henry accepted a life prison sentence, with 35 years fixed, as part of a plea agreement, according to state Attorney General Lawrence Wasden.

Joseph Glen Henry’s charred remains were found in the couple’s home after it burned to the ground Nov. 17, 2004.

Fifth District Judge John K. Butler accepted Henry’s plea. She is being held in jail until her formal sentencing June 9.

Investigators said Joseph Henry died from a gunshot wound on Oct. 8, 2004. According to court documents, the couple’s home was burned in the early morning of Nov. 17.

Idaho Falls

Statue of Jesus put back on pedestal

A statue of Jesus is back on a pedestal in front of Christ the King Catholic Church just in time for Easter.

Vandals tipped the heavy stone statue over in March, breaking its left hand. Church officials asked the Buck-Miller-Hann Funeral Home for help, figuring the funeral directors would know about moving heavy stone.

It’s not the first time the statue has been vandalized. Two years ago, someone painted it black.

“People are losing a sense of the sacred,” funeral home manager Phillip Perkes said.

Compiled from wire reports