A look back at some of Nate Eaton's original reporting on the Kaneko case that rocked Rexburg

IDAHO FALLS -- Many people in eastern Idaho have never heard of the Kaneko case. A smart man with a brilliant wife and daughter who seemed to be living a normal life...until they weren't.
Laura and Lorraine Kaneko starved themselves to death and David Kaneko lived with their dead bodies in a Rexburg trailer for years. Investigators were finally able to get inside the trailer in 2004 and what they found was shocking -- and puzzling.
Investigators determined that Laura died first - likely in May or June of 2001. Her cause of death was dehydration and possibly starvation, according to forensic pathologist Dr. William Rodriguez. Lorraine, who died a year or so before her body was found, starved to death.
David was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of abandoning a vulnerable adult, and desertion and nonsupport of a spouse. He was sentenced to four to six years in prison with a six-month mental health rider program. He was then released on five-year probation and spent the next 11 years living in the same trailer home where Lorraine and Laura had died. He died of cancer on June 3, 2016, at the age of 76.
The case will be featured Friday night on 'Tell Me How I Died' on A&E.
EastIdahoNews.com reporter Nate Eaton covered the story extensively from 2006-2008 when he was a brand new journalist at KIDK Channel 3. You can watch some of his reporting in the video player above.

[@Laura_________]

The sideburns suggest that this was not a recent broadcast... but goodness Nate sounds so seasoned and professional.

[@MormonTrueCrime]

@@Laura_________ it broke in 2004

[@southernsass2937]

What a sad story Nate. Love seeing your throwbacks! Do more please 😊

[@MormonTrueCrime]

Oh yay!! I have been searching for news footage on this for over a year!!!

[@sherriwilson9226]

Love that you’re looking back at cases. Hope you continue to do so. You look so young back then you could be a teen

[@North_West1]

The sideburns.

[@u4ea376]

Thank you, Nate. Look at you!!! Great reporting as always. 😢story but vey educational

[@anneredmoon]

Great reporting, Nate! What a fascinating, yet sad story.

[@nancycornett9949]

Thank you Nate. This is astonishing!

[@KarenLeeTLS]

Look at you Nate Eaton! 😊 What a strange case. 😮

[@Human4Peace]

Sad story. Nates voice has not changed

[@JenniferTurner1990]

Oh wow nate!!! Throwback! I love it! But this story is completely tragic.

[@nancybergbower5809]

Aren’t you so cute with all your hair!!! Love this throwback video!! Thanks Mr. Nate!!

[@DebG2001]

Good reporting. Such an odd case.

[@jenihansen7201]

Love the look Nate.

[@michellejorgensen6333]

I’ve set my DVR!

[@blisardsnow]

Sad, sad. Love the throw back

[@julieforeman3476]

Look at you so young

[@kathymarinucci6054]

That’s a really interesting story, and well told. Did they ever discover the cause of death of mother and daughter? What mental illness did the father claim to have? Where was the grandmother when this was happening? Thanks Nate, you look adorable, and sound the same 💜

[@doygazgar]

Omg look how young you look, lol and the sideburns 👌 were you still in school?

[@critterscute3642]

Look at Nate as a young whippersnapper 😊 What a very sad story all the way around.

[@lynnburns7663]

Nate you haven't aged one bit, still looking as handsome as back then.😊❤

[@sherriwilson9226]

Sad story.

[@chrissylee325]

Rexburg again? 😢

[@ashleyreese9794]

You should be a dateline reporter!!

[@kayspence2788]

Sad story. Nate looks like a baby.

[@suzanbeverlyhills2310]

👍

[@GaliSinatra]

Were those sideburns? What an awful case.

[@kimberlyschleiger6196]

😮👶😂