Delbert Cornish is being held without bail after confessing to killing his 18-year-old adopted daughter and wrapping her body in a Pride flag. Cornish described himself as an alcoholic who struggles with depression and said he purchased a gun last fall intending to kill his three children and himself. He initially abandoned the plan when his oldest son was sent to prison, but resumed thinking about murder after losing his job. A 911 call from his younger son led police to find Hope "Onyx" Cornish dead. Cornish admitted the shooting, cited bullying and belittling by his brother as motivation, and described shooting Onyx when she opened her bedroom door and watching her gasp for breath.
Delbert Cornish, who described himself as an alcoholic who struggles with depression, told Canyon County police he had purchased a gun last fall with plans to kill his three children and himself, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by Idaho News 6. Cornish, who was taken into custody on August 18, said he didn't initially follow through with the plan because his oldest son was sent to prison for violating parole.
But weeks after losing his job, Cornish told a Canyon County detective, he again started thinking about killing his children and himself. Last Monday, police responded to a 911 call from Cornish's younger, teenage son, who reported the shooting at the family's Caldwell home, and found Hope "Onyx" Cornish dead with a Pride flag draped over her body. After being taken into custody hours later at his ex-girlfriend's residence in Mountain Home, Cornish admitted to murdering his daughter during a tearful confession.
He said his brother called the children names like "pedophile, typhoid, loser, or Sally" and that he believed that they were better off dead because no one would take care of them when he was gone. Cornish then described how, after his brother and 16-year-old son left home on Monday, he was contemplating shooting Onyx in her sleep when he was surprised by her opening her bedroom door. Startled, he then pointed the gun at his daughter and shot her in the head.
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