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The director of the now-closed Idaho funeral home will enter mediation with the county prosecutors office.

POCATELLO — Downard Funeral Home in Pocatello has been demolished. Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 recently purchased the property at 241 North Garfield Avenue and decided the best use for the land would be a parking lot for the students of Pocatello High School. “I don’t think we would want to use that building as any […]

POCATELLO — A trial date has been set for a former funeral home owner charged with 63 misdemeanors. Lance Robert Peck, 48, is scheduled to stand trial for 60 counts of unprofessional conduct by a mortician and three counts of petty theft on Oct. 16, court documents show. Additionally, Bannock County Prosecutor Stephen Herzog told […]

POCATELLO — Numerous families are still waiting for answers after a former funeral director’s hearing was rescheduled Monday. Lance Robert Peck, 47, was not present in court when Magistrate Judge Aaron Thompson ordered a second 90-day continuance for a pre-trial conference. Peck, who is charged with 63 misdemeanors involving his conduct as a mortician, is […]

POCATELLO — A funeral home where a dozen decomposing bodies and 61 jarred fetuses were found a year ago could soon become a parking lot. During a meeting Tuesday, the Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve a letter of intent to purchase Downard Funeral Home. During a discussion, board members […]

POCATELLO — A pre-trial conference for the case involving the director of Downard Funeral Home has been rescheduled for Dec. 5. According to Bannock County Prosecutor Steven Herzog, the defense team for Lance Robert Peck requested additional time to review a report Herzog said is “4,500-plus” pages long. As Herzog explained, the defense’s need for […]

New unsealed documents detail what investigators found as they entered Downard Funeral Home last September.

POCATELLO -- New unsealed documents detail what investigators found as they entered Downard Funeral Home last September.

A Pocatello funeral home director has pleaded not guilty to 63 misdemeanor charges, including violating the morticians code of conduct, petty theft and violation of records regarding cremations.

POCATELLO — The director of Downard Funeral Home & Crematory made his initial court appearance Wednesday. Lance Robert Peck, 47, pleaded not guilty to all 63 misdemeanor charges during a video arraignment, according to court records. He has been charged with 59 counts of violating the mortician’s code of conduct, three counts of petty theft […]