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

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

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

Police said Derek Thayer is in custody after a barricade situation Monday on West Loretta Street in Meridian.

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