An Iowa man admitted stabbing his wife to death in January and planning the murder in the hours before he actually did it. James Martin, 47, said he did it to put Amber Martin “out of her misery, saying he believed the couple was in dire financial straits and could not recover, KCRG reported. Martin’s …
An Iowa grand jury this week indicted a now-53-year-old woman in the murder of a realtor who was shot to death in a model townhouse she was showing on April 8, 2011. An employee of Rottlund Homes, the developer of the townhouse, heard a commotion inside and went to investigate, the Des Moines Register reports. …
An Iowa woman faces multiple charges relating to a lasagna laced with oxycodone that was delivered to the family of a pregnant woman with the intention of causing her to miscarry. The Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office said that 36-year-old Amber Dena Snow was arrested on Tuesday and charged with a controlled substance violation, two counts …
The suspect who shot three women to death in Utah on Wednesday was a 22-year-old Iowa man with no connection to the three women and who told police the murders “had to be done” to steal their cars. Ivan W. Miller was charged on Thursday with three counts of aggravated murder for the deaths of …
A drunk Iowa man ambushed his mother in the bathroom, stabbing her in the neck with a knife because she wouldn’t let him use her speaker. Nathan Norrell, 21, fled the house, taking an Uber to his grandfather’s home after his mother called 911, WOI reports. Once there, he surrendered to police, claiming he didn’t …
An Iowa health care aide has been charged with abusing a bedridden woman in her care who ultimate died this summer her mattress caught fire this summer. According to The Hawk Eye, Burlington Police charged 25-year-old Audrey Engler with intentional dependent adult abuse after investigating the woman’s death, which occurred on August 15, nearly a …
An Iowa woman has been charged with the death of her infant son, who was found head first in a trash can in January. The baby died a week later, WGEM reported. A criminal complaint says that Jaley D. Bush, 28, was visiting a friend and fell asleep on his bed on the morning of …
A Minnesota man was arrested in Iowa on Sunday, hours after he broke into his ex-girlfriend’s home and gunned her down alongside her new boyfriend. The woman’s child called 911 just after 4 a.m. and said Randy Thomas Zimmerman, 45, broke into their home and shot his mom, the Brown County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies …
An Iowa mother was sentenced to a decade in prison for repeatedly injecting her toddler son with insulin to make him appear sick. Alexandra Marie Frost, 26, pleaded guilty in June to to child endangerment and administering harmful substances charges, The Gazette reported, and returned to court on Friday for sentencing. In courts, she asked …
A man accused of taking a missing Iowa teen to North Carolina last weekend now faces charges in two states. John Johnson, 25, was initially arrested in Reidsville, North Carolina, after authorities found the missing 15-year-old girl there, WHO reported. She was reunited with her family and Johnson was charged with sexual exploitation of a …
An Iowa man faces multiple charges after he allegedly beat his grandfather with golf clubs, sprayed wasp killer into his wounds, and threatened to kill him. Joshua Ragan, 38, also reportedly disabled his 71-year-old grandfather’s phone so he could not call for help for about three hours, KWQC reported. When police arrived at the home …
An Iowa woman was arrested last month after a months-long investigation determined that she had purposefully injured her infant son. Court documents say Emma Ann Swanson, 22, failed to provide adequate food and health care for the child, who was diagnosed with failure to thrive at the age of 2 months, according to The Messenger. …
