Family members of Kenyauta Vesey-Keith, who was murdered in 2023 by Denzel Wilson, gathered in a courtroom Friday with homemade signs to support Vesey-Keith’s mother and sister, who spoke during Wilson’s sentencing. Wilson was sentenced to life in prison.
Articles Tagged: Murder
State Government Apr. 17, 2025 10:05 am257d ago
Iowa’s top prosecutor is adding a new feature in the hopes of flushing out suspects and bringing useful tips to dormant investigations.
Crime & Courts Apr. 2, 2025 11:44 am272d ago
Iowa City police have arrested a man on murder charges after a fatal shooting last week on S. Gilbert Street.
Crime & Courts Apr. 1, 2025 5:21 pm273d ago
A judge won’t dismiss a first-degree murder charge against Andrew Shaw, accused of hiring two men to fatally stab Chris Bagley in 2018. The judge also ruled in favor of the defense to exclude some testimony.
Crime & Courts Mar. 31, 2025 12:36 pm274d ago
The body of a Cedar Rapids woman who was found dead last month in southwest Cedar Rapids had been wrapped in a comforter and left in a shopping cart, according to new court documents filed Monday.
Crime & Courts Mar. 24, 2025 12:01 pm281d ago
The father told investigators had been thinking about it for days and was “trying to decide” if and how to kill the child, a complaint shows. He is claiming insanity.
Crime & Courts Mar. 24, 2025 12:02 pm281d ago
A judge reset trial for Hiawatha man accused of conspiracy in the kidnapping, torture and strangulation of 20-year-old Melody Hoffman in February 2024.
Crime & Courts Mar. 20, 2025 7:16 am285d ago
A man was arrested Wednesday in Las Vegas on Linn County charges of first-degree murder and nonconsensual termination of pregnancy, three weeks after a woman was found dead in Cedar Rapids.
Crime & Courts Mar. 18, 2025 4:53 pm287d ago
A Maquoketa teen who conspired with three other teens to kill 16-year-old Michael McCune in Cedar Rapids in February 2023, was sentenced to 32 years in prison. There is no mandatory minimum.
Crime & Courts Mar. 18, 2025 7:31 am287d ago
Matthew Schleier, 46, was arrested in October on a charge of first-degree murder after police say he admitted to strangling his son, who he had been thinking about killing for a week.
Crime & Courts Mar. 17, 2025 11:03 am288d ago
A Cedar Rapids man who was found with a body in his stalled car on I-80 in 2023 was sentenced to 55 years in prison in Poweshiek County District Court.
Crime & Courts Mar. 11, 2025 4:50 pm294d ago
Joshua Perry, 34, was charged with the murder in January of Victoria Skarda, 33, who authorities say was the mother of his child.
Crime & Courts Mar. 10, 2025 8:21 am295d ago
Lawyers for Cedar Rapids man accused of hiring two men to kill Chris Bagley in 2018 asked a judge to toss out the murder charge because evidence doesn’t support theories of the charge. The defense also wants to exclude evidence of drug activities.
Crime & Courts Mar. 10, 2025 9:19 am295d ago
The Cedar Rapids Police Department has released the names of three people who were found dead Thursday in what police believe was a double murder/suicide.
Crime & Courts Mar. 7, 2025 8:12 am298d ago
Three people are dead after what police believe was a murder/suicide Thursday in Cedar Rapids, according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

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