An Iowa grandfather and mother have been charged with murder in the death of her newborn boy, whose body was found in a plastic bag in a ditch outside the city of Norwalk. According to court documents, Megan Staude, 25, reportedly confessed on Monday that she gave birth on February 24, put the infant in …
A 19-year-old Iowa woman was charged earlier this month with scamming nearly $40,000 with false claims that she had cancer. The Eldridge Police Department said Madison Russo claimed to have acute lymphoblastic leukemia, stage 2 pancreatic cancer, and a football-sized tumor wrapped around her spine as she solicited more than $37,000 from 439 donors, according …
An Iowa couple have been charged with murder in the drowning death of their newborn daughter shortly after the mother gave birth in their apartment bathroom. Brandon Thoma, 31, and Taylor Blaha, 24, have been charged with first-degree murder in the baby’s death, WHO reports. Thomas has an additional charge of abuse of a corpse. …
An Iowa teen who was sentenced in September to probation for killing her accused rapist in 2020 has reportedly fled from a residential corrections facility. According to the Des Moines Register, Pieper Lewis, 18, was seen leaving Fresh Start Women’s Center on Friday after someone opened a door that activated an alarm. Lewis allegedly cut …
A 56-year-old Iowa man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of his estranged wife at her dog kennel business over the weekend. Angela Prichard, 55, was found dead on Saturday, and Christopher Eugene Prichard was arrested the following morning on warrants for violating a protective order, the Iowa Department of Public Safety …
A former Iowa county jail employee has been charged with sexual misconduct after an Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation probe into the matter. KCRG said that the agency launched its investigation when a county employee complained of possible sexual misconduct and completed it in March. The state attorney general took over at that point, reviewing …
The 9-year-old boy sole survivor of an attack on his family at an Iowa state park ran to a nearby campsite for help — the campsite of the man police believe shot and killed the boy’s parents and younger sister. Tyler and Sarah Schmidt and their 6-year-old daughter Lula were killed in the shooting, early …
Investigators have come up with no motive for a 23-year-old Nebraska man suspected of fatally shooting three members of a family at an Iowa state park before killing himself. Tyler Schmidt, 42; Sarah Schmidt, 42; and 6-year-old Lula Schmidt were found dead in their tent at about 6:30 a.m. on Friday. Their 9-year-old son, Arlo, …
A 9-year-old boy survived a brutal attack at an Iowa state park on Friday that left his parents and 6-year-old sister dead. Cedar Falls Mayor Rob Green provided the information that the boy had survived in a Facebook post, although he didn’t clarify if the child was at the campsite when a gunman shot dead …
Three members of a family were shot to death early Friday morning at an Iowa state park, and the suspected gunman was later found dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Investigators have not yet released the names of the three victims but said the suspect was Anthony O. Sherwin, 23, from Nebraska. He is …
An Iowa man was arrested early Friday morning after he allegedly crashed a vehicle with a missing 71-year-old man inside into the Mississippi River. Joshua Scott Peters, 36, has been charged with vehicular homicide, death or personal injuries, first-degree theft, and driving on a barred license, all related to the death of William Talbot, who …
Iowa police on Friday arrested a man and charged him with murder in the death of a 23-year-old woman who fell from a third-story apartment balcony in February. West Des Moines Police said they were called to the Sun Prairie Apartment Complex just before midnight on February 12 and found Trisha Kunze on the ground …
