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On The Record podcast: The arrest and conviction of Kendu Petties
Apr. 24, 2017 1:37 pm, Updated: Jun. 7, 2017 6:55 pm
This installment of On the Record talks about a 2014 double homicide in Cedar Rapids.
Kendu Petties, 33, was convicted in March by a Linn County jury on two counts of first-degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit a forcible felony. Petties killed Sierrah Simmons, 20, and Quintrell Perkins, 22 in the home of Perkins' father.
Petties was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
The guest today is First Assistant Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks, who prosecuted the case. Maybanks will provide some insight on the investigation and explain why this case too so long in getting to trial.
On the Record is a news podcast focusing on courts, crime and any legal issues of the day hosted by Trish Mehaffey and produced by Richard Pratt.
Kendu Petties addresses family members of Sierrah Simmons and Quintrell Perkins that are present in the courtroom as he makes a statement during his sentence hearing at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Friday, April 21, 2017. Petties was convicted of killing Simmons and Perkins on April 2, 2014. Petties was sentenced to two life sentences without the possibility of parole and a 10-year sentence for conspiracy to commit a forcible felony. The second life term and the 10-year term on the conspiracy conviction will run concurrent with the other life term. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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