A third man has been arrested in Iowa in connection with the kidnapping a murder a a woman whose body was found dumped by lake last week. A complaint against 18-year-old Logan Kimpton says he was with the other two suspects buying machetes and gloves at a Walmart before the murder but “chickened out” of …
The body of a woman was found at an Iowa lake over the weekend. The Iowa County Sheriff’s Office said the unidentified body was found in a picnic area at Amana Lily Lake northwest of Iowa City, KCII reported. An autopsy is being conducted by the Iowa State Medical Examiner’s Office. No further information was …
An Iowa man has been arrested and charged with child endangerment leading to the death of a toddler. Journey Marberry, 2, was critically injured inside a home in Centerville on January 19, according to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. She was taken to MercyOne Hospital in Centerville and from there lifeflighted to the University …
DNA has led to the identities of the parents of a newborn baby girl found dead in an Iowa barn nearly 30 years ago. “Baby Jane Lincoln” — so named because the barn where her body was found was on US Highway 30, historically known as the Lincoln Highway — was found on November 10, …
An Iowa man was arrested Tuesday in Colorado and charged with first degree murder in the death of his wife. Jami Kasemeier was found dead in the Waukon, Iowa, home on Monday, the Iowa Department of Public Safety said. Waukon Police said the suspect was located and arrested in Loveland, Colorado, nearly 900 miles from …
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 …
