Caldwell, ID – A 51-year-old Idaho man accused of killing his adopted daughter and wrapping her body in a Pride flag is preparing to plead guilty, his attorney told a Canyon County judge this week. Delbert Cornish faces a charge of first-degree murder for the August 2024 death of his daughter, 18-year-old Hope “Onyx” Cornish, in what authorities called a “horrific act of family violence.”
The Incident: A Shocking Act of Violence Inside a Caldwell Home
According to court documents, the incident occurred on August 18, 2024, at a home on the 1600 block of Blaine Street in Caldwell, a suburb of Boise. Authorities say Cornish had been drinking that morning when he entered his daughter’s bedroom around 9 a.m. and shot her in the side of the head.
After the shooting, Cornish allegedly kissed his daughter on the cheek and then shot her pet cat, telling investigators he did it “because no one would take care of it after they were all dead.”
“He then covered Hope’s body with a large Pride flag,” investigators wrote in the probable cause affidavit, “as a way to honor her because it was something that meant a lot to her.”…