Dexter Lashun Meeks, 22, known to his friends as Big Ham, was shot in the early morning hours on Sunday, June 26, 2011, near the front door of his apartment building at 211 15th St. By Gina Tron DNA Solves 46-Year-Old Murder Of 5-Year-Old Siobhan McGuinness [20], On June 19, 1980, police released a composite sketch of a man believed to have killed Martinko, which they formed from descriptions provided by two witnesses under hypnosis. Fayette County Investigating Agency: Des Moines Police Department Iowa Cold Cases Frederiksen is currently serving a 14-year sentence in federal prison for receiving and possessing child pornography, but will now spend the rest of his life behind bars without the possibility of parole. Mangler has been charged with Murder in the First Degree in violation of Iowa Criminal Code Sections 707.1 and 707.2(1). About James Jim Remakel, 59, was stabbed to death inside his 606 South Riverview Street home in Bellevue, Iowa, on Sunday, December 25, 2016. On Aug. 14, 2017, the judge overturned the guilty verdict, and Purk went to trial for a second time on Nov. 6, 2017. Arrest Made: Nov. 13, 2012. SE On July 14, 2014 just six days before the cases 20th anniversary Cerro Gordo County jurors acquitted Cisneros, despite the DNA evidence, after public defender Letitia Turney based her entire defense not on her clients innocence but by defaming the boys father to make him appear responsible for the crime. [1][5] Iowan law mandates a life sentence without the possibility of parole for first degree murder. Second Trial: Sept. 9, 2019 in Muscatine In 2006, a cold case investigator discovered unidentified blood, presumably belonging to the killer, while he was reviewing case files. Highway 150 near 118th St. The investigation in 2006 was closed and the fire was ruled undetermined. 311 W. 10th St. Golyar will be sentenced to life in prison in August 2017. [2], Jerry Lynn Burns (born December 23, 1953[13]) was 25 years old when he killed Michelle Martinko in December 1979. Though investigators are nearly certain about the two mens involvement, there is not enough evidence against them to say for sure. Investigators had linked Cisneros to the crime via solid DNA evidence found on the toddlers pajama bottoms. The trial began Feb. 10, 2020, and on Feb. 24, the Scott County jury of seven women and five men returned a guilty verdict after deliberating just shy of three hours. Cedar Rapids, Iowa Sentencing: August 23, 2018, sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole, Michael Lee Syperda (Courtesy Quad-City Times). or redistributed. Subscribe to the Des Moines Register. Linn County Des Moines, IA Oakdale campus employees found DeWoodys body shortly after sunrise Tuesday near the campus general hospital parking lot. In September 1986, the Iowa Supreme Court rejected claims made byMartinko's father that the shopping center was negligent because it did not provide "reasonable security" for his daughter, the Register reported at the time. Utah, Iowa, Arkansas, West Virginia and Florida, are pitching school . SE Her mother, Janet, died in 1998. If you would like to send the photo to me. Grief from losing their youngest daughter weighed heavily on Martinko's parents, Albert and Janet Martinko, according to news reports in the decades that followed. During an interview with the Des Moines Register, Laymon called the arrest "amazing" news and said she was relieved. Last Seen Alive Nov. 13, 2012, in Omaha, Neb. She told another person Wieneke had been killed with a baseball bat before that was public knowledge or the weapon had been recovered, officials said. Hi Richard, I am sorry that I could not find a photo of the perp. Cedar Rapids, IA Lance Lee DeWoody, 22, of North Liberty, Iowa, was shot in the head and neck at a picnic shelter on the north side of the University of Iowas Oakdale campus in Coralville sometime between late Monday night, August 12, 1985, and early Tuesday morning. April 9, 1974 As the investigation unfolded, Drew Alan Mangler (23 yrs. The company created a family tree starting with four sets of the woman's great-great-grandparents and reported that the killer was most likely descended from one of those couples. His initial target was Meeks brother, Andrew, who was shot and killed in a separate incident in 2017. Mr. Syperda was sentenced on August 23, 2018, to life in prison without the possibility of parole. This page is dedicated to the many past and present investigators who never gave up on seeing justice served for the victim and his or her family. [11] They described a white man in his late teens or early 20s, around six feet tall and weighing 165175 pounds, with brown eyes and curly brown hair. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) Authorities say they have solved the 50-year-old killing of an Iowa teen but not before the suspect died of old age. The charges were filed in federal court for the Northern District of Iowa and unsealed on Wednesday. Relatives of Maureen Brubaker Farley, whose body was found by two. [25] He refused to voluntarily provide a sample of DNA, but was compelled to do so with a search warrant. Killed: October 24, 2012 Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Police Chief Wayne Jerman commended his investigators'persistence in the case and their use of the technology that he said can "aid in the investigation regardless of how long ago the violent act occurred." Camanche, IA SE 40-45 YOA On Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, Omaha police announced theyd arrested 41-year-old Shanna Goylar at her home in Persia, Iowa, and charged her with first-degree murder in Cari Farvers death. In February 2022, authorities announced they finally solved Rotatori's murder using evidence collected from the crime scene in 1982. Mary Jayne Jones, 17, of Ottumwa, Iowa, was found slain in a farmhouse near Blakesburg, Iowa, on Tuesday, April 9, 1974. Brian Lee Schappert, a 22-year-old Coe College senior, was killed during a robbery in the early morning hours on Friday, Sept. 8, 1989, while working the midnight shift alone at a Cedar Rapids Kum & Go convenience store. Police said he offered information about the crime only the killer would have known. On Monday, July 15, 2013, Mason City police and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation held a press conference stating that Michael Jason Cisneros, 37, formerly of Mason City, had been charged with first-degree murder in John Snyder Jr.s death. But not always. Wapello County Autopsy results showed Remakel sustained multiple sharp force wounds throughout his upper torso, neck, face, and head area, which lead to his death. Youll need to fire up some Crystal Meth or something to attempt to follow anything shes trying to articulate beyond that totally unintelligible. 606 South Riverview Drive Jasper County Sheriff John Halferty said that while the case is now considered closed, his office would leave the door open to entertain new leads if they become available. Authorities said Beaver beat and held Canfields wife while Clark and Hibbler struggled and robbed Canfield. More than 30 years later, The Iowa Department of Public Safetys (DPS) Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), in cooperation with the Coralville Police Department, arrested Anthony Burtch, 57, of Iowa City, on March 24, 2016, and charged him with Murder in the First Degree, a Class A Felony, in DeWoodys slaying. Courtland Clark, age 26, from Flowery Branch, Georgia, Robert Beaver, age 35, from Sioux City, Iowa, and . 54 YOA John Bloomfield was arrested in November 2013 and charged with first-degree murder in his wifes death. Cole, 48, entered an Alford plea and on Thursday, July 11, 2013, was sentenced in Clinton County District Court to 10 years on one count of voluntary manslaughter and 5 years for assault with intent to commit sexual abuse. Killed Near: Fayette, Iowa In February 2021, researchers from Parabon and ES Genealogy, who examined familial relationships, concluded that Thomas O. Freeman, of West Frankfort, Illinois, was the source of the suspect DNA. June 25, 1982 Courtland Clark sentenced Sept. 7, 2016, to 21 years in prison. A witness went to authorities last year and told them that a few weeks after the killing, Cahill made comments that she was responsible for the homicide, according to a criminal complaint. After waiting more than 11 years to see justice, Stickleys family were finally able to find peace and start the healing process. [16] Based on cash found in Martinko's purse, police concluded that she had not been robbed. Found: Area of Rock Creek cabins at 2829 U.S. 67 It includes cases where suspects have been convicted or acquitted, cases solved by exceptional means, and cases currently making their way through the criminal justice system. Nissen was the "Jane Doe," found murdered in a ditch in Northwest. Police interviewed numerous people, and several were cleared of suspicion through use of a polygraph. [2][5] Her hands bore defensive wounds, which police said to indicate that she had fought back against her killer. Date of Crime: April 16, 2000 "The family never gave up hope that this case would be solved,"Jerman said. Case #: 04SME155 Cerro Gordo County When Burns disposed of the straw, the investigator collected it and tested it for DNA. 10 On August 7, 2020, Burns was sentenced to life in prison without parole. -- After 50 years of wondering if her daughter's. 5 YOA Date of Crime: September 24, 1995 Investigating Agency: Fayette County Sheriffs Office His case remains unsolved. Lee Rotatoris graduation photo. During the original investigation, detectives compiled a list of more than 80 potential suspects. Arson Investigation She was a lively lady who just had knee surgery and took her dog with her everywhere, Hall said of her grandmother. The case went cold, but in February 2016, Pottawattamie County detectives asked the Omaha police cold case unit to assist in the investigation. Date of Death: Oct. 18, 2005 [22][12] From that, police were able to build a partial DNA profile. Find ICC on Facebook Police searched surrounding areas and that same day found the toddlers blue pajama bottoms and his diaper by Willow Creek about two blocks south of the Snyder home. It was a cold case until 2018, when familial DNA identified a suspect 39 years after the crime who was charged, tried and convicted of her murder. She was convicted on the testimony of a girl who was 9 when she claims to have overheard this confession. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) After 50 years, the Cedar Rapids Police Department solved the murder of a 17-year-old girl. When Diane Lynn Dahn missed her shift at the San Diego Transit Corporation on May 2, 1988, a coworker went to her apartment to check on her. One month before Syperda vanished, her estranged husband, Michael Lee Syperda, had been arrested for assaulting both his wife and her roommate. Holly Rae Durben, 29, was shot to death on Saturday, July 18, 2009, in the Shenandoah home she shared with her boyfriend, Brian Heath Davis. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Polk County On Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, a judge agreed to relocate the trial to Scott County, stating in a filing that pretrial publicity made it unlikely Burns could receive a fair trial in Linn County. Case # 74-00243 Suspect Acquitted: July 14, 2014. At 11 p.m. Sunday, May 1, 2011, three men Courtland Clark, 26, of Flowery Branch, Georgia, Robert Beaver, 35, of Sioux City, and Devery Hibbler, 26, of Dumas, Arkansas entered the 1401 George St., Sioux City apartment belonging to Dana and Tony Canfield in order to rob Tony of his marijuana and cash. Last Seen Alive: May 31, 2014 The Cascade County Sheriff's Office announced on Tuesday that it has closed the. Iowa City, IA Burns was held Wednesday night at the Linn County Jail, records show. Tait Purk Convicted of First-Degree Murder: May 10, 2017. Charged: Nathanial Leo Ridnour, 34. Turney was fined, though Cisneros cannot be tried again due to double jeopardy. Arrest Made: June 8, 2011 [31] The defense argued that DNA evidence had been mishandled,[31] and that different articles of clothing from the scene should not have been stored together in one evidence bag. Crime Date: October 13, 1992 But in recent years, there has been a glimmer of hope. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Although there are a handful of cases from the hawkeye state that gripped the nation many have gone years without notice. 610 N. 5th Street Golyar chose a bench trial over a jury trial. Drakesville, IA (Davis County) John Bloomfield dies while awaiting trial: Nov. 6, 2014. 2216 27th Avenue, Rm #106 (KELO) 23-year-old Wilma Nissen's life was as troubling as her death. SE. https://law.justia.com/cases/iowa/court-of-appeals/1988/86-1844-0.html. Denlinger declined to release their names. Various authors have claimed to have solved the case with books such as "Slaughter on North LaSalle" by . October 7, 2021. Sentencing: August 7, 2020, sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The only apparent injury was a wound to Weeks forehead caused by a bladed object, according to a police affidavit filed with an application to search her apartment at 1002 Fifth St. Preston, 19, was taken to Trinity Regional Medical Center just after 4 a.m. and then transferred to Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. Legal Statement. On Tuesday, March 10, 2015, a Hamilton County jury found Frederiksen, 35, guilty on both charges. Thomas O. Freeman, who authorities allege killed Rotatori, was found buried in a shallow grave four months after Rotatoris murder. He then contacted a member of a third branch, and a DNA test determined that they were first cousins with the killer. 1 Ely Road SW Martinko, an 18-year-old high school student, was found stabbed to death in her family's car in the parking lot of a local mall, where she had gone to buy a new coat. In 1999, 13-year-old Minerliz Soriano was assaulted and killed on her way home from her New York City school, according to People.In November 2021, Joseph Martinez, 49, was arrested in her death after police possibly matched his DNA to semen found on Soriano's sweatshirt. #4 1319 Second Ave. Date of Death: January 11, 2007 In 2018, the company entered the DNA data from the case into the public genealogy website GEDmatch, where it found a familial DNA match. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. He did not yet have an attorney listed in court records who could be reached for comment. Alford Plea Entered: June 23, 2016 for Voluntary Manslaughter. It happened about 2-1/2 miles south of Fayette. (Council Bluffs) -- A suspect is in custody in connection with a 38-year-old murder case in Pottawattamie County. The defense also requested the trial be moved out of Linn County based on the amount of attention the case had received over the past four decades, as well as "pervasive and prejudicial pretrial publicity". 56 YOA Sioux City police announced on Friday, June 10, 2016, that theyd arrested and charged all three men in Canfields homicide and that all three individuals entered guilty pleas. Conviction Date: June 7, 2012. Investigators later sought the services of a company that specializes in DNA phenotyping, which Cedar Rapids police described as the process of predicting physical appearance and ancestry from unidentified DNA evidence. Case Number: 14011355 An autopsy report determined she had been sexually assaulted and struck in the head, causing a skull fracture that killed her. Sentencing: On Feb. 22, 2023, William Rulli was sentenced to 50 years in prison after confessing to Golinkskys murder. Lee County More than 17 years after Liz Syperda went missing, her estranged husband, Michael Lee Syperda, 52, was arrested Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, in Rifle, Colorado, near Glenwood Springs, and charged with first-degree murder in his wifes death, despite his wifes body never being found. Thursday morning around 10 a.m., searchers using dogs discovered the young boys body snagged on a tree stump near Willow Creeks north bank, about one-half mile downstream from where the tots clothing had been found. Cedar Rapids, IA On Wednesday, April 18, trained police dogs discovered Miss Lades body in a ravine about a half-mile from where they found Mrs. Links body. Case Number: 95-11388 Wapello County On Thursday, May 31, 2018, Annette Dee Cahill, 55, of Tipton, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in Wienekes killing. Using newer technology, Cedar Rapids police were able to procure DNA from case evidence in 2006. Rotatori had lived at the motel for about a week while in training for her new job as food service director at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs. "One of the areas that continues to tug at my heart," Cedar Rapids' police chief said Wednesday during a press conference, "was (Janelle) expressed how sad their parents passed away without knowing who killed their daughter, Michelle. On or around January 11, 2007, Angela Hennes, 41, was strangled to death, her body set on fire and then dumped in a farm field off Seven Sisters Road in rural Scott County. Officials later identified the remains as Kosters. Arrest Made: July 12, 2012. 1500 block alley between Second and Third avenues SE Nearly 30 years to the date, Cedar Rapids police announced they were closing the case. Relatives of Maureen Brubaker Farley, whose body was found by two teenage boys in 1971 in a wooded ravine in what is now Tait Cummins . Iowa DCI special agents with significant experience working cold cases, working in conjunction with the Iowa Attorney Generals Office, Tama County Sheriffs Office, Tama Police Department and Tama County Attorneys Office concluded Okonskis disappearance was not voluntary. An alert fisherman may have helped solve this cold case, which has been unresolved since 1971. "I am happy Michelle finally gets justice. Clark and Hibbler also pleaded guilty to one count of use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence causing death. [7] Martinko was the younger of two daughters of Albert F. Martinko and Janet Martinko (ne Zillig). Firozeh Dehghanpour. A sample of Freemans daughters DNA was subsequently analyzed by the Iowa DCI Lab, which confirmed that there was a parent/child relationship between the DNA found at the scene of Rotatoris murder and Freemans daughter. Stanley Mike Golinsky, 56, of Des Moines, was found dead under a downtown railroad bridge on the Des Moines River Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Almost a decade later, Mykel Roberts, 29, of Modesto, Calif., confessed to killing Meeks. Date of Death: Sept. 21, 1971 (Courtesy Council Bluffs Police via Greg Gunsalus). The sheriffs office arrested and charged Kelli Jo Michael, 26, of Des Moines on Friday, June 26, 2020, in the death of Kaiden Estling. She had looked into the parking lot as she drove by to check for her daughter's car because her daughter worked at the mall and had had car trouble before. The following day, her body was discovered in the back yard of a vacant apartment house at 1319 Second Ave. It was a cold case until 2018, when familial DNA identified a suspect 39 years after the crime who was charged, tried and convicted of her murder.[2]. An investigator with the Cedar Rapids police department contacted DNA-tested members of two of the branches of the family tree, and eliminated those branches as containing the killer. COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (KMTV) On Friday, the Council Bluffs Police Department announced the identity of Lee Rotatori's killer, closing a case that had been open for nearly 40 years. DNA evidence leads police to charge Iowa man with murder in 1979 killing of Michelle Martinko. Perpetrator: Thomas O. Freeman of West Frankfort, Ill. Route 1 Reported Missing: July 4, 2009 A fisherman discovered her body Tuesday afternoon in the Mississippi River, floating in a small cove near the Southside Boat Club. Killed September 8, 1989 Authorities say 67-year-old Bud Leroy Christiansen was . [2] Kim & Go Convenience Store Bonnie Jean Callahan, 73, of 111 S. Second St., Apt. That was a misstatement by investigators that was later recanted. Davis told authorities Holly had committed suicide. Burns, who was 25 when Martinko died, made his first court appearance Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, in Linn County. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Along that path were murdered victims most identified, some anonymous. His case remains unsolved. hillcrest funeral home obituaries el paso, tx,

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