Two of the men convicted in the fatal stabbing of Chris Bagley in 2018 sat in a Linn County courtroom two weeks ago and spoke to Bagley’s heartbroken parents and siblings, who have been searching for answers about how — and why — their loved one was killed more than six years ago.
Andrew Shaw faces up to 50 years in prison for second-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of Chris Bagley on Dec. 14, 2018. The jury, in their verdict of the lesser charge of first-degree murder, found he set in motion the assault of Bagley, knowing it could lead to murder.
In Andrew Shaw’s first-degree murder trial Friday, jurors heard details of the 17 stab wounds that damaged Chris Bagley’s airway, slashed his jugular vein and penetrated his heart, lung and other organs. In other testimony, two former inmates said Shaw made comments to them about paying someone to kill Bagley in 2018.
Paul Hoff’s account of the fatal stabbing of Chris Bagley in December 2018 differed from that told by Drew Wagner, who testified earlier this week in the first-degree murder trial of Andrew Shaw, who’s accused of hiring two men to kill Bagley.
Drew Wagner, testifying in the Andrew Shaw murder trial, said he didn’t give police investigators all the details in the fatal stabbing of Chris Bagley in 2018 because he was scared. Testimony continued Wednesday in Cedar Rapids.
Lawyers for Cedar Rapids man accused of hiring two men to kill Chris Bagley in 2018 asked a judge to toss out the murder charge because evidence doesn’t support theories of the charge. The defense also wants to exclude evidence of drug activities.
Drew Wagner — convicted for holding down Chris Bagley as another man stabbed him to death in December 2018 — was sentenced Friday to 47 years in prison. He was given the maximum sentences on lesser charges.
Drew Wagner, the Cedar Rapids man who started a fight with Chris Bagley for robbing their drug dealer and then …
Trial starts this week for Drew Blahnik charged with fatal stabbing Chris Bagley in 2018. Jury selection started and continues Thursday.
“Upon being released, I plan to jump right back into my pursuit of happiness with a career of acting and voice overs,” Blahnik states in a petition.
He’s accused of smuggling opioid meds into Linn County Jail
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