A 28-year-old Iowa man has been charged with the gruesome murder of his mother in their home in Dubuque this week. A friend of Jennifer Ann Dazey, 46, called police just before 9 a.m. on Thursday after finding her body in a bedroom, KWWL reported. Court documents said two of her fingers had been severed, …
The Iowa high school principal who was critical wounded while protecting his students from a 17-year-old’s mass shooting attack earlier this month died from his injuries Sunday morning. A GoFundMe raising money for Dan Marburger’s family made the tragic announcment. “Although the news has not fully set in yet, Dan Marburger gave the ultimate sacrifice,” …
Police in Ioawa have released an endangered person alert for siblings Billy and Ashley Hernandez-Alvarado, who were reported missing Sunday night. The Toledo Police Department said the children are believed to be with their mother, Ciria Alvarado-Argueta, 33, and Alexic Alvarez-Gomez, 28, KCCI reported. Two vehicles are listed as possible suspect vehicles: a gray Nissan …
An Iowa woman who scammed friends and strangers with her fake battle against cancer on social media will spend no time in prison after a judge gave her probation and a suspended sentence. Madison Russo, 20, pleaded guilty to first degree theft in June for accepting more than $37,000 from 439 donors se reached on …
Iowa’s state Court of Appeals upheld the murder conviction of Christhian Bahena Rivera, convicted in 2021 of the 2018 killing of jogger Mollie Tibbets. Rivera appealed his conviction, claiming that some statements he made to police were made before he was read his Miranda rights, KCRG reported. But the appeals court disagreed, noting that Rivera …
Iowa State troopers arrested a man on Interstate 80 this week when they stopped to help him with his stalled car and found a dead man slumped onto the passenger seat, beneath a pile of clothing. Jihad Abdul Malik Gasaway, 23, has been charged with first degree murder and abuse of corpse, the state Department …
An Iowa firefighter has been arrested and charged with setting a string of fires that he then responded to with his unit to help put out. Kendall Eugene Rhoads, 60, has been charged with 13 counts of arson and one count of reckless use of fire or explosives, the grundy County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies …
An Iowa man who cut off his GPS monitor and disappeared just before a jury pronounced him guilty of murder was found and rearrested after 20 hours on the run. Gregory Showalter Sr., 63, was charged with strangling his 60-year-old wife, Helen, on July 31, 2021, and dumping her body in or near the Des …
An Iowa teen who pleaded guilty to beating his Spanish teacher to death over a bad grade was sentenced Thursday to life in prison with a 35 year minimum. Judge Shawn Showers told now-18-year-old Willard Miller during the sentencing hearing that he is “fortunate” that state law doesn’t permit juveniles to be sentenced to life …
An Iowa woman reported missing in March has been found dead in the yard of a home about a half mile from where she was last seen nearly two months ago. Jeanette Marie Bear, 30, was last seen on March 14 in Des Moines and reported missing two days later. Police said she had been …
An Iowa mom-to-be caught a toddler when he fell from a second story window in Des Moins. “I noticed the little boy was bending over the edge of the window, and he was throwing things out the window,” Kyrie Jones, who lives next door and was walking her dog, told KCCI. First, she said, she …
One of two Iowa teens charged with murder in the death of a Fairfield Spanish teacher has agreed to testify against his co-defendant. Jeremy Goodale and Willard Miller are both charged with first degree murder for the beating death of Nohema Graber in November 2021, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Prosecutors have suggested they killed the …
