Carl and Angela Pankey

Carl Wesley Pankey's parents were Angela Hicks and Steve Pankey, and he and his family lived in Surprise and Phoenix Arizona as well as Ketchum and Idaho Falls Idaho. Carl Pankey was the youngest son of Steve Pankey - a Republican running for governor in Idaho in 2018- and he was a 20 year old college student living in Phoenix when he was shot and killed by his girlfriend. According to news reports, at Carl's funeral, his mother (who was by then divorced from his father) heard his father, Steve, say "I hope God didn’t allow this to happen because of Jonelle Matthews.” After Jonelle's body was found in July 2019, Steve was charged with her 1984 murder. After the death of his son, Steve Pankey said what was needed was "A Third Great Awakening, revival, a return to the God of the Bible on God’s terms”. He did not believe in gun control of any kind and hoped that all gun laws would be repealed. Steve Pankey is under investigation in the 1984 cold-case killing of Jonelle Matthews, a 12-year-old girl in Greeley, Colorado. A 2018 interview of Carl's father, Steve, is at Arm teachers? Require gun training? Here’s where Idaho governor candidates stand by CYNTHIA SEWELL. Update: According to a March 27 2021 48 hours report, Steve has been charged with the girl's murder and will be tried in July 2021. Update: In October of 2022, Steve Pankey was convicted of killing Jonelle Matthews and sentenced to life without parole. Read the article at Idaho Man Convicted.