BOISE, Idaho — A Nampa man was arrested Monday night after police found a woman dead in her residence in Middleton, the Canyon County Sheriff's Office announced Tuesday.
26-year-old Levi Isaac Davis was arrested for second-degree homicide and a parole violation from the Idaho Department of Probation and Parole. On Tuesday, Davis was charged with second-degree murder.
The victim was Davis' mother, Karly Cantrell, according to prosecutors in Davis' arraignment Tuesday. She was the executive director of the West Valley Humane Society, according to a Facebook post.
During a video arraignment Tuesday, Canyon County Judge Matthew Thompson set bond at $5 million. Davis' charge may be upgraded to first-degree murder, according to Canyon Co. Prosecutor Sean Jorgensen.
At the arraignment, the prosecutor said Davis stabbed Cantrell multiple times, including in the neck and abdomen.
"This is one of the most horrific fact patterns I've had to read in my time in this role," Jorgenson said in court.
Canyon County deputies and officers with the Middleton Police Department found Cantrell dead in her residence in the 100 block of East Murtaugh Lake Street in Middleton after receiving an emergency call around 3:30 p.m. Monday.
An affidavit of probable cause says Cantrell was found laying in a pool of blood in her home by a family member.
Responding agencies declared Cantrell had been killed.
Davis was arrested in Nampa at 11:15 p.m. Monday, after a Canyon County Sheriff's Office's investigation that found that a neighbor observed a car matching Davis' vehicle leaving the area of the murder around 8:20 a.m.
The affidavit said that Davis was located at a house in Nampa, where deputies found red-stained clothes in the backseat of his car. Deputies also observed that Davis had a deep cut in his upper right thigh, a scratch on his hand and a burn mark on his bicep.
Davis was interviewed by detectives, the affidavit said, and "pretended to fall asleep" during the interview.
Officers later found bloodied clothing in his bedroom.
"Levi showed no emotion when talking about the death," the affidavit said.
The FBI METRO Task Force and Caldwell and Nampa police departments assisted Canyon County deputies Monday. The Canyon County Sheriff's Office is the primary investigating agency.
This is a developing story and will be updated as new information is confirmed.
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