Funkhouser charged, bond set at $1-million
November 8, 2011

By Mike Weland

 

John August Funkhouser
John August Funkhouser, 61, Naples, was formally charged with second degree murder Monday for the shooting death of Anna Carina Jill Old, 43, in the home they shared at 7163 Deep Creek Loop in the Moravia area.

 

According to court records, Funkhouser called 911 at 1:45 p.m. Friday, November 4, telling the dispatcher that he was calling “to report a murder.” He then told the dispatcher that he’d shot and killed Anna Old.

 

When sheriff’s deputies arrived at the home, they found Old, who appeared to have been dead for some time, with wounds that appeared consistent with Funkhouser’s statement that he’d shot her once in the back of the head. A search warrant was obtained and the murder weapon was recovered.

 

Funkhouser, according to reports, told both deputies and later an Idaho State Police investigator that he had committed the act, and he was taken into custody.

 

He remains in the Boundary County Jail in lieu of bond, and a preliminary hearing has been scheduled in the Boundary County Court at 1:30 p.m. Friday, November 18, before Judge Don Swanstrom.

 

If convicted, he faces 10-years to life in prison.

 

While relatively new to the area, Anna was known to ride around the community on a yellow Harley Davidson motorcycle, her dog in the sidecar. She was a vendor at this year’s Farmer’s Market, selling “whirlygiggers,” stationery, prints, herbs and basil. Funeral arrangements, under the direction of the Bonners Ferry Funeral Home, are pending.