BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — An Idaho man serving three life sentences for the killing of three people in the Boise Foothills nearly a decade ago died in a private prison where hundreds of men convicted in Idaho are housed out of state.
Adam Dees — convicted of murder in the deaths of an elderly couple and their son in 2015 — died while serving his life sentences at Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona, the state’s prison system told the Idaho Statesman. He died Saturday, May 23, and his death was ruled a suicide, according to the Pinal County medical examiner.
Dees, who was 33 years old, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the killing of Ted Welp, 80; his wife, Elaine, 77; and their son Thomas, 52, in June 2015, according to prior Statesman reporting. All three of them were shot in the head and beaten with a wooden baseball bat…