Birthday Party Murderer Sentenced To Life In Prison

BOISE, ID — June 30, 2018 started out as an exciting day for 3-year old Ruya Kadir. Friends and family arrived to celebrate her birthday and presents and streamers filled the outside area of the apartment complex where Kadir and her family lived. Kadir's mother, Bitifuu had just left the party to go upstairs to grab the birthday cake when the day turned to horror.

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Timmy Kinner, a man previously asked to leave the apartment complex where he had been living with an acquaintance, arrived at the party and immediately started stabbing those in attendance. In all, Kinner stabbed nine people in the complex and killed Ruya on her birthday.

Now, Kinner will spend the rest of his life in prison. On Thursday, June 10, Fourth District Judge Nancy Baskin sentenced Kinner to two life terms plus another 120 years in prison. The life sentences come with no change of parole.

Kinner had earlier pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and an additional 11 counts charged in the incident. Prosecutors offered the plea deal in exchange for dropping the possibility of the death penalty, an offer Kinner accepted.

Kinner's attorney, David Smethers, called an expert who testified Kinner had a troubled childhood and was abandoned at an early age. According to the expert, Kinner had spent time in a mental institution in the past and has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

When afforded an opportunity to speak, Kinner apologized to the families present, stating he was having a mental breakdown at the time.

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