The Ada County Coroner said Derek Thayer died at St. Luke’s Meridian Medical Center two days after the incident.

Police officers tried to arrest him on Monday afternoon, and found him unresponsive once they entered the house.

What started as a simple cellar project led one man to an astonishing find—a massive, untouched cave lying beneath his home.

Meridian Police said officers responded to the 1400 block of West Loretta Street to arrest a man, now identified as 43-year-old Derek Thayer, on multiple felony warrants on Monday, May 5.

A man wanted on multiple felony warrants barricaded himself inside a Meridian residence for several hours on Monday.

According to a recent news release, Meridian Police officers responded to the 1400 block of West Loretta Monday afternoon to ...