Articles Tagged: Murder

A Cedar Rapids man pleaded to lesser charges for fatally shooting his girlfriend and another man last April in the Taboo Nightclub and Lounge. He faced up to 100 years on murder charges if convicted, but now only faces up to 30 years in prison.

Amended lawsuit filed last year by parents of Anamosa prison nurse says officials had been warned of lack of staff, safety issues, attempted escapes and nurses being held hostage before 2021 slayings.

Renan Machado says as an advocate he may be a “punching bag” some days but doesn’t take it personally. His job is to support family and friends of a loved one lost in a violent crime.

The mother and grandfather of a newborn found dead in a ditch in Iowa have been charged with first-degree murder, and court documents say they told investigators the baby was still alive when they put him in a trash bag and abandoned him.

A Cedar Rapids woman and Davenport man will be tried together in the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old. Both cases have nearly all the same witnesses, a prosecutor said.

A prosecutor asked for delay in the March 28 trial for Timothy Rush, who is accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend and another man and also seriously injuring others April 10 inside the Taboo Nightclub and Lounge. Two key witnesses to the prosecution’s can’t testify later this month.

A retired federal prosecutor and a Drake law professor say the fatal stabbing of Devonna Walker don’t meet requirements for a hate crime or murder because the man who stabbed Lavonna Walker was reacting to being attacked.

Alexander Jackson was sentenced to 3 consecutive life sentences for killing his father, mother and sister in June 2021 in their northeast Cedar Rapids home He declined to make a statement during the Friday sentencing hearing.

Alexander Jackson, convicted of killing his parents and sister in 2021, faces three life sentences.

A judge set a $1 million cash only bond for a Cedar Rapids man charged in the beating and fatal stabbing of Dennis First in 2007.

A 42-year-old Cedar Rapids man will be charged Thursday for the 2007 cold case murder of Dennis First, 64. The two men lived in Hawthorne Hills Apartments in southwest Cedar Rapids in 2007. First was beaten and fatally stabbed.

Ethan Orton pleaded to two charges of first-degree murder, just before his trial was to start Tuesday. He admitted to stabbing parents with a knife and then grabbing an ax and killing his mother who was still alive in 2021. He faces two life sentences.

A Marion man was convicted for a second time for killing his girlfriend and concealing her body in a roll of carpet. Greg Davis waived a jury trial and a judge found him guilty of a lesser charge, second-degree murder.

Cedar Rapids man accused of fatally assaulting a woman with a board waived his right to a speedy trial right before his trial was scheduled to begin this week. The trial will be reset.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Wednesday after a fatal shooting in northwest Cedar Rapids.