After committing violent crimes targeting his family, a Nampa man was sentenced this week, and Daniel Colon’s wife told the court that he “would rather see individuals dead than happy.”
Colon, 40, detonated an explosive device in his wife’s vehicle in April 2024, and also set fire to their home while their five children were asleep inside. A Canyon County jury found him guilty of 11 felony and misdemeanor counts, including attempted murder, domestic battery, aggravated arson and injury to a child.
On Wednesday in 3rd District Court in Canyon County, Judge Jonathan Brody handed Colon a life sentence, but he will be eligible for parole after spending 25 years in prison. Prosecutors had asked for no parole eligibility, and his wife said in court that he should receive the maximum possible sentence to ensure others’ safety…