Articles Tagged: Murder

A judge ruled this week to move a 16-year-old out of juvenile detention because there’s not enough space and staff to keep him and three other teens, charged in fatal shooting of 16-year-old Michael McCune, separate pending their trials.

An assistant director of Linn County Juvenile Detention Center says they can’t provide educational and other services to five juveniles who had no contact orders in place because they are involved in same fatal shooting.

Judge waives 16-year-old into adult court for his participation in fatal shooting of another 16-year-old in February. Details during hearing reveal the three charged Michael McCune was targeted because others had “beef” with him.

Julia Davis, sister of Carrie Davis, who was fatally stabbed in 2017, said she hopes the killer’s 50-year sentence will be final this time. Greg Davis was sentenced for the second time, after his first conviction was overturned in 2020.

Another trial delay for Cedar Rapids man accused of robbing and fatally beating his 71-year-old mother in 2020. Police said he assaulted her for $50.

One of murder trial for Kazius Childress, accused of fatally shooting two men in 2022 within hours of each other, has been reset to Jan. 16. If convicted of both, he faces two life sentences.

A third teen was arrested Friday in connection with the Feb. 18 fatal shooting in northwest Cedar Rapids of 16-year-old Michael Alexander McCune, who died from eight gunshot wounds.

The Iowa Supreme Court has granted further review of a Marion man’s overturned murder conviction in the fatal stabbing of Chris Bagley in 2018. Oral arguments will likely be in September.

The two are accused in the killing of Mohamed Tawfik on Jan. 8 in Cedar Rapids.

A Linn County jury finds a Cedar Rapids man guilty of a lesser charge, voluntary manslaughter, for beating 22-year-old woman with a metal rod. Prosecutor says this was a ‘brutal and unjustified“ killing.

A second man has been arrested in relation to a fatal Cedar Rapids shooting in January, according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

Arthur Flowers, during a police interview, denied killing Emily Leonard on April 2, 2022. He says he was sound asleep in his bathtub — inches away from where Leonard’s body was found — but he didn’t hear or see anything.

Emily Leonard was struck multiple times in the head with a linear or rounded object -- possibly a metal rod, a state medical examiner testified Friday. The blows were made a different angles and she would have died shortly after being attacked.

Prosecutor said Emily Leonard was beaten with a metal rod and left in an upstairs bathroom. Arthur Flowers of Cedar Rapids called 911, saying she had overdosed and he didn’t know what happened.

Judge sets sentencing dates in July and August for Fairfield teens convicted in beating death of Spanish teacher last year.