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Daniel Clay Cummings

Case from Twin Falls, ID dated Feb 15, 1896

Victim Details

Daniel Cummings

Male

White / Caucasian

Twin Falls

ID

1896-02-15

23

Daniel

Clay Cummings

06/29/2026

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On a cold February morning in 1896, the bodies of two men, Daniel Cummings and John Wilson, were discovered, setting in motion a legal drama that would captivate the Idaho territory. Cummings, a White male, and his companion had been shot and killed on approximately February 4th. Their bodies were found about two weeks after their demise by a sheepherder who had moved his flock to a more sheltered location during a heavy snowstorm, a move he later believed saved his own life as he was told he wa ...
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  • Deep Creek murders - Wikipedia
  • The True Story of Wilson and Cummings Murder by Ted Severe
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    I keep thinking about the gravesite of Daniel Cummings and John Wilson in Oakley, Idaho. It's so tra... ...Read More
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