Kootenai Deputies Arrest Couple Accused of Selling Meth in Fatal Overdose
Deputies say Dustin, 39, and Angel House, 30, were indicted on drug-induced homicide charges after a Hayden man who was given meth was found unconscious on North Brighton Court and later died.
Deputies in Kootenai County arrested 39-year-old Dustin J. House in Post Falls on March 5 and re-arrested 30-year-old Angel M. House on a grand jury-backed Drug-Induced Homicide warrant in connection with the Dec. 20, 2025, overdose death of a man found in the 12000 block of North Brighton Court near Avondale Loop north of Avondale Lake in Hayden.
Northern Lakes Fire crews and Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the medical emergency on Dec. 20 and located an unconscious man at the North Brighton Court address. Emergency personnel transported the man to Kootenai Health, where he later died; the Kootenai County Coroner’s Office determined the cause of death to be a drug overdose and notified the sheriff’s office.
Detectives with the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigation Unit opened a homicide-related probe after the coroner’s findings, and investigators allege Dustin and Angel House sold methamphetamine to the victim prior to his overdose. A Kootenai County grand jury returned action that led to warrants or an indictment charging the couple with Drug-Induced Homicide, a felony designation cited by county authorities.
Law enforcement located and arrested Dustin House in Post Falls on March 5 without incident, and deputies re-arrested Angel House the same day while she was already in custody at the Kootenai County Jail on an unrelated matter. Both were booked into the Kootenai County Jail on the drug-induced homicide charge and remain in custody with bond reported at $1,000,000 each.
Kootenai County detectives continue to investigate the circumstances that linked the meth sale to the December death. Investigative steps completed to date include the coroner’s toxicology determination, the KCSO Special Investigation Unit’s case development, and the grand jury review that produced the homicide-related warrants. Authorities have not released the victim’s name, age, or detailed toxicology results.
The criminal filings name Dustin J. House, 39, and Angel M. House, 30, as defendants in the county prosecution; formal arraignment dates and full indictment language have not yet been posted by the Kootenai County court clerk. Prosecutors will need to file charging documents and set court appearances as the case moves forward and as detectives assemble additional evidence identified during the Special Investigation Unit review.
The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office and Kootenai County Coroner’s Office remain the primary public contacts on the case while detectives pursue leads; the department has said the investigation is ongoing as county prosecutors prepare the next steps in the prosecution.
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