Wednesday Morning Read: New suspect images in Martinko killing, causes of UI student’s death revealed, Marion may restrict fireworks

TODAY'S WEATHER — Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent of showers and thunderstorms, especially in the afternoon and evening. Some storms could be severe. High of 82, low of 60.

NEW SUSPECT IMAGES IN MARTINKO KILLING — For the first time since Michelle Martinko was stabbed to death 37 years ago, her sister and brother-in-law can look the killer in his eyes. Using the services of a Virginia-based company that uses DNA to predict the physical features and ancestry of a suspect, the Cedar Rapids Police Department has produced images of a man believed to have killed Martinko in Cedar Rapids on Dec. 19, 1979. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/news/cedar-rapids-police-use-dna-technology-to-create-suspect-composite-in-michelle-martinko-killing/

CAUSES OF UI STUDENT'S DEATH REVEALED — A University of Iowa freshman who died last month consumed the party drug Ecstasy, which aggravated his existing cardiological disease, according to the Johnson County Medical Examiner's Office. Sean Wu, 18, died of drug intoxication and complications from Kawasaki disease, said Clayton Schuneman, administrative director for the medical examiner's office. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/news/medical-examiner-ecstasy-pre-existing-condition-killed-university-of-iowa-student-sean-wu/

MARION MAY RESTRICT FIREWORKS — Marion City Council members will draft an ordinance related to use of fireworks in the city at Thursday's meeting. At Tuesday's work session, the council discussed possible options to ban use of fireworks, permit their use for a limited time, or permit their use for the full time period allowed under a new state law. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/government-politics/marion-city-council-talks-fireworks-seventh-avenue-bridge-at-worksession/

A LOOK AT IOWA'S WIDE RECEIVERS, TIGHT ENDS — Time to dig in on the 2017 Hawkeyes. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/football/four-downs-iowas-2017-wide-receivers-tight-ends/

QUOTABLE — 'Iowa's rural communities already face a lot of challenges, and policymakers in Washington shouldn't make life harder for rural residents.' Anne Discher, interim executive director of the Child and Family Policy Center, on a new report that Iowa's rural communities would be hit particularly hard by the new Republican health care plan