A Linn County jury convicted Shane Teslik of fatally stabbing Devonna Walker. He faces 10 years in prison. He will be sentenced June 7.
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A Linn County jury convicted Shane Teslik of fatally stabbing Devonna Walker. He faces 10 years in prison. He will be sentenced June 7.
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Shane Teslik, under cross exam, said he didn’t think it was important to tell police he called Devonna Walker a racial slur before she attacked and assaulted him. He also said he thought calling Walker, a Black woman, the slur would “neutralize” the heated argument between his girlfriend and Walker.
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Shane Teslik testified Tuesday he grabbed knife and had it ready inside his apartment doorway as an argument escalated with Devonna Walker on Jan. 2, 2023. He admitted to stabbing her once after she punched him. He didn’t know where the knife struck her or the extent of injury. He just wanted to protect his family.
A woman who considered Devonna Walker her “goddaughter” said it “tore me apart” when she went outside and saw Walker lying on the ground, bleeding, and then saw her “eyes rolled back in her head.”
The Cedar Rapids Police Department responded to a swatting call Monday at Jefferson High School.
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A state medical examiner testified Friday that the stab wound to Devonna Walker, 29, penetrated her aorta, which caused her to bleed to death. He said the stab wound was one of the “deeper” ones he has seen.
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