LEWISTON, ID – Skylar Meade has been sentenced to two life terms without the possibility of parole for the killings of two men following his 2024 escape from Idaho prison custody. Nez Perce County Judge Michelle Evans issued the sentence Tuesday as part of a plea agreement that also bars 33-year-old Meade from appealing the decision. The agreement also ensures Meade will not face the death penalty.

Meade was charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of 83-year-old James L. Mauney of Juliaetta and 72-year-old Gerald “Don” Henderson of Orofino.

The killings followed Meade’s escape from Idaho Department of Correction custody in Boise on March 20, 2024. Authorities said Meade was assisted by Nicholas Umphenour. After escaping, the pair allegedly stole a Honda Civic and drove north through Idaho. Investigators say they encountered Mauney as he walked his dogs near Juliaetta. Mauney and his dogs were taken, and he was later found dead in rural Nez Perce County along with his missing vehicle, a silver 2019 Chrysler Pacifica.

That same day, Henderson was killed at his home outside Orofino. Investigators found Mauney’s dogs and a pair of shackles believed to have been left by Meade at the scene. Both Meade and Umphenour were arrested the following day in Twin Falls.

Meade was indicted on June 11, 2024, for Mauney’s murder, and prosecutors later connected him to Henderson’s death as well.