No details are available in court records of the competency evaluation. But 6th Judicial District Judge Chad Kepros, in his order, said the evaluation concluded Roberts is competent – meaning he understands the charges against him and is able to assist his lawyers in his defense. The proceedings are reinstated and trial is reset to July 13.
Revette Sauser, 52, of Ryan, was sentenced this week in Delaware County District Court after a Clayton County jury found her guilty last month of first-degree murder in the 2011 shooting death of 59-year-old Terry Sauser in their home in Ryan.
Michelle Kehoe of Coralville slashed her sons’ throats in 2008, killing one and wounding the other. In her debut book, a Solon writer tries to answer the question of why.
A jury has ruled in Cristhian Bahena Rivera’s first-degree murder trial in the 2018 slaying of Mollie Tibbetts.
Jurors deliberated for three hours Thursday without reaching a verdict in the trial.
Cristhian Bahena Rivera’s murder trial is in the jury’s hands.
Cristhian Bahena Rivera claimed for the first time in dramatic testimony Wednesday that two masked men were responsible for the crime but forced him to take part at gunpoint.
Kiara Morrise said her ex-boyfriend, Todd Jenkins, on trial this week for fatally shooting her boyfriend, Reginald Ward, was the only one with a gun Oct. 30, 2019.
Bahena Rivera blames mystery men for Mollie Tibbetts’ slaying.
“Her family deserves justice but so does Cristhian Bahena Rivera,” Jennifer Frese said, standing next to her client.
Live coverage resumes Tuesday morning, with defense expected to call witnesses
DCI agent said it took four days before he could speak with suspect in Mollie Tibbetts slaying.
Watch a replay of Monday’s livestream
Prosecution continues to call witnesses, investigators
On the second day of the murder trial, prosecutors used a partial confession and a surveillance video to build their case that Christhian Bahena Rivera, 26, stabbed and killed university of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts, 20, in 2018.
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