Francisco Dimas Martinez was 20 when he was found dead in a burned home on B Street in the Fort Hall Townsite in the early morning of February 2, 2018. Emergency crews discovered his body inside the residence around 5:00 a.m.; what began as a reported house fire was later determined to be a homicide and investigators from the Fort Hall Police Department and the FBI opened a joint probe.

Known as Cisco, Martinez was raised in the Pocatello and Fort Hall area and was a father. Family remembered him as happy-go-lucky, with a big cheesy smile, who enjoyed boxing, the outdoors, and helping people. Authorities took a person of interest into custody the day after the fire: 32-year-old Rydon Teton, also known as Rydon Dixey, was held at the Fort Hall Jail in connection with Martinez’s death and on a tribal warrant for unlawful use of a weapon. A week after the body was found, a second fire was reported at the same residence.

If anyone has information about the fire, the person taken into custody, or activity at that B Street home in early February 2018, please come forward.