Nez Perce County prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty for Nicholas Umphenour, the man who helped coordinate an Idaho prison escape and hospital ambush that led to the killing of 83-year-old Juliaetta resident James Mauney.

Umphenour and Skylar Meade, the Boise inmate, are accused of killing Mauney while they were on the run from authorities following an incident in Boise.

Nicholas Umphenour, the man accused of helping his co-defendant escape from prison will now face the death penalty. Umphenour is accused of helping Skylar Meade escape from jail in Boise while Meade was receiving care at a local hospital.

Ameen Hurst, 20, will serve 55 to 110 years behind bars following his escape from prison, where he was being held for murder charges.

A Philadelphia man will spend decades behind bars for killing four people and escaping from jail. A judge sentenced 20-year-old Ameen Hurst 55 to 110 years in prison for the murders in 2020 and 2021.

Twenty-year-old Ameen Hurst was sentenced Thursday in connection to four murders committed between 2020 to 2021 and for escaping a Philadelphia prison in May 2023, causing a 10-day manhunt.