Zachary Holt left the Nez Perce Reservation in September 2022 and set off on a drug-fueled crime spree that took him and an accomplice across the reservation and further north into Idaho.
Zachary Holt (Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation)
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Neighbors identified this property at 303 Mountain Ridge Homes Road in Keller, Wash., as the location where two bodies were found by police following a reported shooting on Oct. 20, 2022.
James Hanlon/The Spokesman-Review
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The Clearwater River runs through Kamiah, Idaho, on Saturday, Feb. 22.
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Kevin Brown, photographed during his time as a Nez Perce patrol officer, said he saw “huge red flags” in the way justice was being meted out on the tribe’s reservation in central Idaho.
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Flags fly outside the Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee office on Saturday, Feb. 22, in Lapwai, Idaho.
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Tawni LaPlante believes Zach Holt's murder of her mother, Gale Neal, "could have been prevented."
Ted McDermott
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Ray Neal, photographed Jan. 30, 2025, believes Zachary Holt might not have murdered Neal's brother and sister in 2022 if he'd been held more accountable beforehand.
Ted McDermott / PSJ
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