Articles Tagged: Murder

Johnnie Osborne was sentenced Friday to 50 years in prison for killing his girlfriend and causing the death of her unborn child on May 1, 2020. Family members called him a “monster” for taking their 25-year-old daughter, sister and friend from them.

The second Fairfield teen accused of killing a high school Spanish teacher will stay in adult court, judge rules Thursday. The judge cited a lack of time in juvenile system for rehab.

A district judge declared a mistrial for a Cedar Rapids woman charged with fatally stabbing her boyfriend in 2020. A potential juror said she had previous interaction with Jacqueline Holmes, the defendant.

A judge ruled Wednesday the case for one of the teens charged with killing his Spanish teacher with a baseball bat will not be moved to juvenile court.

A Des Moines psychologist testified in court Friday that Willard Chaiden Noble Miller, 16, is “ripe” for rehabilitation and would benefit from his murder case being moved to juvenile court. Miller and another Fairfield teen are accused of killing their high school Spanish teacher in November.

Cedar Rapids man, already charged with fatally shooting his girlfriend and seriously injuring one man, was formally charged Thursday with 10 new charges involving five other victims.

A psychologist testifying for the defense said Jeremy Goodale, one of the teens accused of killing a Fairfield teacher, could have successful rehab in juvenile court. A juvenile court officer said there is no treatment program for homicide defendants.

More charges will be filed against a man accused of murder in a shooting at a Cedar Rapids nightclub, police said Tuesday.

A former UI student charged with killing his parents and sister wants trial moved out of Linn Co. Lawyers argue news coverage has been “pervasive and inflammatory.”

A Honduran man pleaded to fatally stabbing a Cedar Rapids man during a fight last year in a hotel room. He was also sentenced to 10 years in prison. After serving his sentence he will be deported.

A Coralville woman, convicted last year for helping one of the men who robbed and killed Kejuan Winters in 2020, was sentenced this week to federal prison for illegally possessing ammo as a felon.

A judge will not lower bail for Timothy Rush, one of the suspects charged in the Taboo nightclub shooting in Cedar Rapids. The bail remains $1.5 million for the man accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend and mother of his child, Nicole Owens.

A federal judge ordered Drew Blahnik, who changed his name to Johnny Church after he was convicted of killing Chris Bagley, to be moved to federal custody for a trial on his pending gun and drug charge.

The man convicted of fatally stabbing Chris Bagley will represent himself in his drug trial April 19. He is already serving up 57 years in prison in the murder.

A Cedar Rapids man who called 911 Saturday to report a woman's “heroin overdose” has been charged with murder after police found the woman with what appeared to be blunt force head trauma, according to a criminal complaint.