Articles Tagged: Murder

The lead investigator in the 2018 death of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts expressed confidence Tuesday that the right man was convicted, rejecting defense claims that her abduction could be tied to two other local men.

Jurors went home after six hours without reaching a verdict for a Cedar Rapids man who is charged with fatally stabbing Chris Bagley in 2018. They will resume deliberations Wednesday.

Lawyers for Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 26, filed a motion earlier this month asking 8th Judicial District Judge Joel Yates to delay the hearing on sentencing and on their motion for a new trial based on evidence involving sex trafficking “trap houses and kidnappings” in or near Poweshiek County.

The killing of Chris Bagley only took 12 minutes, prosecutor says during her closing argument in the first-degree murder trial of Drew Blahnik. Jury briefly started deliberations Monday and will continue Tuesday.

Live video plus tweets from reporter Trish Mehaffey, in court for the murder trial in Chris Bagley’s death.

Blahnik tells different version of what happened the night he killed Chris Bagley -- in self-defense, he says.

Live video plus tweets from reporter Trish Mehaffey, in court for the murder trial in Chris Bagley’s death.

Drew Blahnik finally admits to stabbing Chris Bagley in the last hour of a five-hour police interview, but repeatedly says it was in self-defense, during a video played in Linn County District Court on Thursday.

Trish Mehaffey will have live coverage from the trial throughout the day

Drew Blahnik, in interview with law enforcement, denies killing Chris Bagley, or even being at the trailer where he was fatally stabbed in 2018.

Emergency responders and a hospital that treated a Cedar Rapids man for a gunshot wound after he allegedly killed his parents and sister must share his medical records with prosecutors, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Trish Mehaffey will have live coverage from the trial throughout the day

Paul Hoff, convicted for distributing meth and firearms, testified Drew Blahnik repeatedly stabbed Chris Bagley in 2018. He saw the life drain from Bagley’s body.

Trish Mehaffey will have live coverage from the trial throughout the day

A Cedar Rapids man testified Drew Blahnik, on trial for first-degree murder, killed Chris Bagley for their drug dealer’s revenge. Blahnik is on trial for first-degree murder. He has pleaded not guilty and plans to claim self-defense or defense of another during the trial.