Charges filed in death of Garden City man

An Ada County grand jury has indicted a 21-year-old Boise woman who is accused of shooting a man to death and then hiding his body under his house while she partied and spent his money.

Jordan Marie Shaver is to be arraigned Jan. 4 on felony charges of first-degree murder, robbery, grand theft, failure to report a death and use of a deadly weapon in the commission of a crime.

Shaver has been in jail since Nov. 2, after police found the body of Brian Geddes, 49, wrapped in a comforter and stuffed under his trailer home in Garden City. Investigators believe that he was killed Oct. 16.

Geddes’ family was suspicious after not seeing him for weeks and finding Shaver in his home when they went to check on him. They told police that she ran from the home near the Greenbelt when they confronted her.

Police arrested Shaver in the parking lot of a Walmart. They say she had Geddes’ cellphone with her.

Shaver told police that she accidentally shot Geddes when he fixed her handgun and it discharged while he handed it back to her, according to court records. But an autopsy showed that the gunshot to the back of Geddes’ head came from a gun that was pressed against his head.

Authorities said Shaver and Geddes were romantically involved, but Geddes’ family says he was just trying to help a woman who said she had nowhere to go.

“She saw an easy target, somebody who couldn’t say no to anybody and always wanted to help anybody that he could,” said Aubray Phillips, Geddes’ 26-year-old daughter.

The robbery and theft charges allege that Shaver stole Geddes’ car, home, phone, cash and other personal items.

Geddes, who Phillips said was an independent car dealer, also left behind a 22-year-old son and five grandchildren.

This story was originally published December 13, 2012 at 1:00 PM.