BLACKFOOT, Idaho — Carlon De La Cruz Galloway was a kind, caring young man who family says loved to crack jokes, hang out with his siblings and spend time with his family.

The 19-year-old was on a walk the morning of Jan. 31 in Fort Hall, Idaho, when he was attacked and killed by a pack of 12 dogs, according to his dad, Daniel De La Cruz, and his stepmom, Linna De La Cruz.

The horrific and untimely death of their son came two days after Blackfoot police issued a news release saying they were searching for Carlon De La Cruz Galloway, who police said ran from a crime scene and was wanted on an outstanding felony warrant.

Daniel and Linna De La Cruz visited EastIdahoNews.com Monday afternoon to address their son's situation and "clear his name" following a wave of negative comments and speculation from the public.

"He wasn't a pedophile, he wasn't a murderer, he wasn't evil, he wasn't a dangerous, mean criminal," Linna says. "People see a mugshot and think the worst, but he was a good, kind kid who would have done anything for anyone."

'A good brother and amazing son'

Carlon De La Cruz Galloway attended Shoshone-Bannock Jr./Sr. High School and worked for his dad, who owns a roofing company. He loved being outside, hunting and fishing.

His sister recalled mentioning one day that she wished there was another girl in the family so they could have a spa day. The next day, Carlon De La Cruz Galloway said, "Am I going to have to be your sister today?" and the two got facials and pampered each other.

"He was protective of his sisters and protective of everybody. He wasn't a kid that was going to start trouble," Daniel De La Cruz explains. "He was a good brother and an amazing son."

Daniel and Linna De La Cruz admit their son was like any other teenager and wasn't perfect. When he was 16, he crashed his truck and took off. He was charged with felony eluding, which resulted in an outstanding warrant, according to his parents.

Juvenile records are sealed in Idaho, so EastIdahoNews.com was unable to verify the charges, but Carlon De La Cruz Galloway had no adult criminal record other than an infraction in 2021 for driving without privileges and failure to provide insurance.

"I'm not going to paint a picture of a perfect child. He had his bad days, and not to say he didn't throw a fit here and there, but overall, he was a good kid," Linna De La Cruz says.

'Carlon's gone'

Carlon De La Cruz Galloway was at a friend's house in Blackfoot on Jan. 29 when law enforcement showed up about 11 a.m. to serve a warrant for another person at the house, according to Linna and Daniel De La Cruz. When their son saw the officers, he ran.

"Probation and parole decided to go (and) check on one of their parolees at a house. Carlon happened to be there. He was still thinking he had a warrant, which he did, and when asked his name, he said, 'I'm George,' and then took off running," Daniel De La Cruz says.

Three schools were put on lockdown, and the Blackfoot Police Department issued a news release saying it was looking for Carlon De La Cruz Galloway. Officers said two people were hiding in backyards, running along railroad tracks near the Rich Street Apartments, and one of them might have had a firearm.

"Carlon didn't carry guns, and the other kid didn't have a gun either," Linna De La Cruz says. "Carlon was very safe with guns and knew guns but would only use them to go hunting. He was never violent and didn't like confrontation."

Carlon De La Cruz Galloway ended up at his deceased grandfather's home in Fort Hall. On Wednesday morning, he ate breakfast and went for a walk about 8 a.m.

A few hours later, a family member who lived nearby noticed a pack of dogs surrounding something. She yelled at the animals and realized they were attacking a person on the ground, Daniel De La Cruz says.

Fort Hall police and the FBI were contacted. Daniel De La Cruz was working when he got a call from Carlon De La Cruz Galloway's biological mother.

"She says, 'Carlon's gone.' I replied, 'Where? Where'd he go?' She said, 'No, he's gone. He's dead. He got attacked by the neighbor's dogs — a bunch of them. He's dead,'" Daniel De La Cruz says through tears.

Daniel De La Cruz jumped in his truck and rushed to the scene of the attack, about 30 to 40 yards from Carlon's grandfather's home. Investigators had placed orange cones across the property, each one marking a piece of clothing that had been ripped off Carlon De La Cruz Galloway's body.

"I didn't even recognize him. He was naked, and his body was just laid out face forward all muddy. I couldn't even tell it was a body — my son's body," Daniel De La Cruz says, breaking down.

Shoshone Bannock Tribes Fish and Game Department euthanized the wild dogs. There were 12 animals involved, according to Daniel and Linna De La Cruz, and the FBI is investigating the attack.

"Looking at my son, you could tell he fought. He had bruises on his hands and swollen knuckles. I know he had to have hit and punched," Linna De La Cruz says. "And as far away from the house as he was, even if he was screaming, nobody could have heard him."

'We love him'

Carlon De La Cruz Galloway's parents hope by speaking out, the public sees another side of their son – not a criminal in a mugshot but a young man who had his whole life ahead of him tragically cut short in a horrific attack.

"I would take his place in a heartbeat. Since I can't, I promised I'd clear his name and let everyone know who Carlon really is," Linna De La Cruz says. "Nobody deserves to die the way he did. We love him, and he will be missed by so many."

A viewing for Carlon De La Cruz Galloway was held Sunday and he will be buried Tuesday. A GoFundMe* account has been established to help pay for funeral and other expenses.

Since he passed, Carlon De La Cruz Galloway's siblings have written down memories. One brother recalls a time when he was consoling him following the death of a loved one. His words then are more poignant now:

"Notice how it rains when someone passes. That's nature's way of washing the footprints they left on this earth, but the two places it can't wash are your home and your heart. The only thing that can do that is your tears. So don't cry because they're OK now."

If he is a good kid why did he feel he needed to run from the police?

Terrible way to die! There are some people that deserve a death like that but that kid was not one of them.

Happened on the Crow rez a while back.

They started shooting dogs as far as I know.

They did. A while back. Go thru now and I swear there are more than before on both Rez’s.
Ffing drug culture.

I know first hand of a place heck and gone from anywhere that had four very nasty Rots…. Imagine what was going on there? One day those rots we’re seen running down an elk calf. That fall a hunter was over that country but not on Rez land when one came snarling his direction. Done deal. A few months later another set of hunters spotted the three on a hot run and they stayed low. As luck would have it the three turned and soon enough came to stumble across the two hunters. There are no more rots there.

Osky

That's how you have to do it.

They would pack up and come off the rez here.

Dad and Grandpa said they would get neighbors together on saddle horses and keep on them till they got as many as they could.

My lovely bride would have probably been this kids PO if we were still in ID. My FIL is a retired professor and volunteered taught one of the tech programs at the HS to try and get the kids some marketable skills once they're out of High School. The problem is the kids get a big ass check from the Rez once they're 18 and instead of using it to better themselves, they go out and buy a new car/truck or use it for drugs, etc. Ft. Hall used to have the highest murder rate in the nation. I've lost track of that - maybe they still do. These reservations are an absolute mess. Too much free sheit and excess free time leads to drugs and alcohol abuse and all the accompanying problems. But it's all the white man's fault. We need to solve it by not giving them guilt money and let them stand on their own.

I wonder how many of those missing indigenous girls we hear about are feral dog poop.

You pay blacks to stay in the ghetto and you pay Indians to stay on the rez.


Just saying......stand on their own might mean right next door to you.

They are identical environments with geographically different locations.
Race has nothing to do with what the freebie disease causes. I do not know the “acceptable” solution but I do know the cancer grows.

Osky

Terrible way to die! There are some people that deserve a death like that but that kid was not one of them.

You pay blacks to stay in the ghetto and you pay Indians to stay on the rez.


Just saying......stand on their own might mean right next door to you.

We have a small local Res in this community. Seemed a few of residents used to emerge every morning and go looking for a policeman to get arrested. Once in a while someone would freeze to death trying to navigate home in the subzero AM's. That generation appears to have died out now and it's a pretty quiet community.

You're probably right to a certain extent Jimbo. My MIL took one destitute indian boy in and raised him as one of her own. Problem is by then he was kinda screwed up already. Hard to reverse 14 years of damage and abuse. Aunt & Uncle adopted a girl and boy off the Rez. Those two turned out pretty well but they were just babies then. These days, they would crucify any white person doing this as robbing them of their 'heritage'. One time on the rez an indian girl come in bawling her eyes out. Her two year old brother had been 'lost'. The parents liked to drink and party and would go bury the littlest kids in a hole up to their neck so they wouldn't wander off, then go dig them out the next day (or two) when they were somewhat coherent again. The government check rolled in and they buried the boy as described. But this time they couldn't remember where they buried him! A search party was quickly organized and the boy was found later that day barely alive. You can't do DFS can't do anything about it either - Rez land! Feds even passed a law to ensure Rez abuse can go about unabated. That's a hell of a way to 'raise' kids. I can go on all day about some of the crazy rez stuff that I know about. It's a messed up place and culture.

Pretty sad. Terrible way to go and he was too young. I ran from the cops a few times as a kid but I wasn't out hurting anyone and wasn't a thief. The kid liked to hunt and fish which is often a good sign that he still had it together a bit. Most kids I knew who were real trouble didn't have such hobbies.

I went to a queensryche concert on that res not to long ago. I was very impressed by how well the people there treated us and made us feel at home. The place was very clean and it seemed well managed. The concert was awesome.

Bb

You're probably right to a certain extent Jimbo. My MIL took one destitute indian boy in and raised him as one of her own. Problem is by then he was kinda screwed up already. Hard to reverse 14 years of damage and abuse. Aunt & Uncle adopted a girl and boy off the Rez. Those two turned out pretty well but they were just babies then. These days, they would crucify any white person doing this as robbing them of their 'heritage'. One time on the rez an indian girl come in bawling her eyes out. Her two year old brother had been 'lost'. The parents liked to drink and party and would go bury the littlest kids in a hole up to their neck so they wouldn't wander off, then go dig them out the next day (or two) when they were somewhat coherent again. The government check rolled in and they buried the boy as described. But this time they couldn't remember where they buried him! A search party was quickly organized and the boy was found later that day barely alive after being out there for 48 hrs. You can't do DFS can't do anything about it either - Rez land! Feds even passed a law to ensure Rez abuse can go about unabated. That's a hell of a way to 'raise' kids. I can go on all day about some of the crazy rez stuff that I know about. It's a messed up place and culture.

Agreed. I’ve seen the inside of a cell as well. Very few people deserve a death like that and this young man certainly wasn’t one of them.

Osky

Agreed. I’ve seen the inside of a cell as well. Very few people deserve a death like that and this young man certainly wasn’t one of them.

Osky

If he is a good kid why did he feel he needed to run from the police?

You pay blacks to stay in the ghetto and you pay Indians to stay on the rez.


Just saying......stand on their own might mean right next door to you.

Sounds like we need to pay for all of them, including all the Rez dogs to be transplanted down by the Southern Border.

We are just letting in more fugging shigt we gotta pay for. Maybe the rez dogs and thugs can keep the numbers down...

But what if race does have something to do with it?

It doesn't seem to matter much with drugs however.

Wild dogs are not good.

Rez dogs, never heard of 'em.

At one time, Alaska had more folks killed by dogs that by bears.

An immigrant down the road a couple miles raised a pack of 16 Akitas that he let run wild.
While walking down the road, I was attacked by 4 of em but my 1911calmed the first two and the other two fled.
They later killed my neighbors old Golden Retriever so he and I got out our wolf snares and solved the problem.

During lunch today I read the obits in the weekly paper.


10 people, 421 years old....


It's getting crazy.

Good for you, Vern. BTDT. Sometimes going the "legal" route just flat ass doesn't work. I've had to deal with a few dog problems myself when regular legal channels were trying to turn it into a "me" problem.

Sounds like we need to pay for all of them, including all the Rez dogs to be transplanted down by the Southern Border.

We are just letting in more fugging shigt we gotta pay for. Maybe the rez dogs and thugs can keep the numbers down...

Boom! If they ever impeach that SOB Mayorkas, I’m putting you in for Homeland Security Czar.

During lunch today I read the obits in the weekly paper.


10 people, 421 years old....


It's getting crazy.

Thanks for reminding me...

Who were the 6 Rinos that sided with the demorats??


Edited to add:

Here is the list of the four Republicans who joined their Democratic colleagues:

Ken Buck of Colorado
Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin
Tom McClintock of California
Blake Moore of Utah

Fuggin cowards.

At one time, Alaska had more folks killed by dogs that by bears.

An immigrant down the road a couple miles raised a pack of 16 Akitas that he let run wild.
While walking down the road, I was attacked by 4 of em but my 1911calmed the first two and the other two fled.
They later killed my neighbors old Golden Retriever so he and I got out our wolf snares and solved the problem.

Didn't know that about the collars.

At one time, Alaska had more folks killed by dogs that by bears.

An immigrant down the road a couple miles raised a pack of 16 Akitas that he let run wild.
While walking down the road, I was attacked by 4 of em but my 1911calmed the first two and the other two fled.
They later killed my neighbors old Golden Retriever so he and I got out our wolf snares and solved the problem.

Hint: crockpot & bbq

Chinese restaurants

You don't eat the big ones.