NEW PLYMOUTH, Idaho — Idaho State Police have arrested a 35-year-old man in connection with a 2022 double homicide that left two people dead inside their New Plymouth home.

ISP says Joshua M. Kirkman was taken into custody after a lengthy, multi-agency investigation into the shooting deaths of Eric Ortega and Megan Amaya . The pair were found dead on May 14, 2022, at their residence on Ada Road.

According to investigators, Kirkman knew the victims and had been seen visiting the home multiple times by witnesses and surveillance video. Despite that, ISP says he denied knowing them during interviews.

Detectives say evidence also links Kirkman to the crime through a pistol he allegedly threw into a canal while fleeing from Malheur County deputies shortly after the killings. That firearm w

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