Idaho couple arrested on suspicion of killing man found shot dead in the Yaak

An Idaho couple was arrested Thursday on suspicion of the deliberate homicide of Travis Gillett, found shot to death January in the Yaak.

Ezra Skinner, 28, and Sarah Carpenter Skinner, 27, are being held without bail, according to a news release issued Friday by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, whose detectives worked with Boundary County law enforcement in making the arrests.

Lincoln County Sheriff Roby Bowe said Friday afternoon that Sarah Carpenter Skinner was being held in Lincoln County Jail, while Ezra Skinner was either still in the Boundary County Jail or enroute to the Lincoln County Jail.

Authorities believe Gillett, 31, was killed between Jan. 13 and Jan. 16, 2017.

“A former resident of Libby and Troy, Gillett was reported missing from the Sandpoint area on Jan. 16,” the news release states. “He was found dead of gunshot wounds later that day in the upper Yaak.”

The investigation began Jan. 14, when Gillett was reported missing in Bonner County.

At 10:30 a.m. Jan. 16, someone called Lincoln County Dispatch to report that a friend, Gillett, had left Sandpoint, Idaho Jan. 13 with someone from Thompson Falls in a dark blue or green pickup to make a delivery somewhere in the Yaak. The caller said Gillett said they would return sometime the next day. Gillett was then deemed a missing person.