Articles Tagged: Murder

A 21-year-old DoorDash driver was “ambushed, surrounded and slaughtered” on Oct. 5, 2023, a prosecutor said during his opening in Cameron Leonard’s first-degree murder trial in Linn County District Court. Victim’s mother testifes she heard gunshots while talking to her son.

Also, under a proposed bill, the death penalty could be used for killing a law enforcement officer

A Linn County jury deliberated about four hours Wednesday before finding Denzel Wilson guilty of first-degree murder. He faces life in prison without parole. The jury did acquit him of going armed with intent.

A psychologist testifies how the mental status of Denzel Wilson affected his decision to fatally shoot Kenyauta Vesey-Keith on June 11, 2023. A rebuttal witness said Wilson told her he shot Vesey-Keith for revenge.

Denzel Wilson, on trial for first-degree murder, testified Monday he felt threatened by Kenyauta Vesey-Keith at a bar and shot him because he saw Vesey-Keith reaching for a gun in his waistband or pocket.

She hadn’t wanted to go out, night seemed ‘off’

A prosecutor, in his opening, said Kenyauta Vesey-Keith was fatally shot in 2023 over rival gang “animosity” that has continued since 2016 when Vesey-Keith killed another man during a street fight. Denzel Wilson is on trial this week for first-degree murder.

An Indiana man was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Tommy Curry, 31, of Iowa City, in 2021. Prosecutors said it was revenge killing.

A Marion man wants his confession tossed out because investigators violated his rights. Investigators didn’t read his rights until 40 minutes into his statement, according to motion to suppress.

CEDAR RAPIDS — A Cedar Rapids teen, after turning down two previous plea agreements, accepted one Tuesday, admitting he planned with three other teens to kill 16-year-old Michael Alexander McCune in 2023.

Appeals court upholds life sentence with 25 year mandatory minimum for Jeremy Goodale in “heinous” killing of Fairfield High Spanish teacher’s with a baseball bat.

A former Johnson County emergency management and fire official who was serving a prison sentence for fatally shooting his girlfriend in 2011, died last week. Thomas Lee Hansen Sr., 84, died Jan. 22.

A Cedar Rapids teen — accused of planning with three other teens to kill 16-year-old Michael Alexander McCune in 2023 — turned down a plea offer Friday for the second time

Judge will not move trial out of Linn County for Marion man who is charged with killing four people with a metal pipe last summer. His trial is set for April 8.

A 19-year-old Maquoketa man pleaded to theft and conspiracy charges for his participation in the fatal shooting of Michael McCune, 16, of Cedar Rapids, on Feb. 18, 2023. He faces up to 32 years in this case and a separate theft conviction.