Overview
- Robert Seviano Howell, 32, of Orangevale, California, was arrested Jan. 16 at Celebration Park in Melba, Idaho, after confessing to strangling his wife.
- Court documents say he choked her in the backseat until he believed she was dead, then walked to look over the Snake River before returning.
- The 33-year-old victim remains in critical condition at a Boise hospital, and officials have not disclosed the status of the unborn baby.
- The victim reached park employees who called 911, and Idaho authorities placed the couple’s five children, ages 1 to 14, in protective custody.
- Howell faces an attempted murder charge and remains jailed on a $2 million bond as investigators build the case from his statements and records.