Watch closing arguments: Michelle Martinko murder trial for suspect Jerry Burns, Day 9

Feb. 24, 2020 8:45 am, Updated: Feb. 25, 2020 7:47 am

Day 9 of the trial continues Monday for Jerry Burns, charged with first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of Michelle Martinko on Dec. 19, 1979. Police found the 18-year-old's body in her parents' Buick parked at Westdale Mall in Cedar Rapids.

Follow reporter Trish Mehaffey's live coverage from the courtroom. She'll provide updates in the chat below, where you also can ask questions and post comments (your posts are being moderated by Trish, so they may not appear immediately, but she will receive them).

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Nick Maybanks giving his closing argument. (Rebecca Miller/The Gazette)

First assistant Linn County attorney Nick Maybanks looks at an exhibit as Cedar Rapids police identification officer Ron Johnson testifies to his role in delivering evidence for testing to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation crime laboratory during the trial of Jerry Burns at the Scott County Courthouse in Davenport, Iowa, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. Burns is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Michelle Martinko in 1979. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)