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.
Trish Mehaffey will have live coverage from the trial throughout the day
Trish Mehaffey will have live coverage from the trial throughout the day.
A prosecutor rejected defense claims Thursday that the 2018 killing of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts could be connected to sex trafficking and other abductions that happened in the rural area where she disappeared while out for a run.
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