On December 19, 1979 18-year-old Michelle Martinko was stabbed to death in the parking lot of Westdale Mall. For nearly 40 years, Cedar Rapids police searched for her killer. DNA evidence provided the breakthrough needed to close the case.
Keyshawn Allers, 19, was killed July 12, 2020, in Cedar Rapids. No arrests have been made.
The defense lawyers say the accounts support Cristhian Bahena Rivera’s testimony that others were involved.
A Cedar Rapids man faces charges after it was alleged that he had sexually abused a girl under the age of 12 multiple times over the course of three years.
Agreements released Monday show Iowa is donating the use of state troopers and their equipment at “no cost to Texas” to fight crime along the U.S. border with Mexico, but a spokesman for Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said there still is a chance Texas could later reimburse some costs.
New Johnson County Sheriff Brad Kunkel has committed to improving his office’s response to domestic violence, including assigning detectives to follow up on all domestic violence arrests.
Travis Jon Fulton, 44, of Parkersburg, who went by “The Ironman” on the MMA fighting circuit, was identified Sunday as the inmate who early Saturday was found unresponsive in a cell at the Linn County Jail
Police say McGill helped the 15-year-old run away from home and they traveled to Missouri together
The identity of the inmate has not been released.
Nebraska and Iowa have seen a rise in hate crimes in recent years, most of which have been committed on the basis of race and ethnicity, according to the FBI.
CEDAR RAPIDS — Firefighters rescued two children and four dogs Friday morning from a house fire in southwest Cedar Rapids. …
Police are investigating two shots fired incidents that occurred Thursday evening in southeast Cedar Rapids.
That tool is the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (or NIBIN for short) – a federal system that allows investigators to capture ballistic evidence and compare it with a national database of spent shell casings that have been collected from crime scenes across the country.
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