An Iowa man accused of killing a teenager 30 years ago will go on trial in October. Purk was indicted by a Tama County Grand Jury in December, 2016. June 3, 2019 | By Trish Mehaffey, The Gazette. They are working closely with authorities at the state and federal level, including the FBI. If they are convicted of Count 1, conspiracy to damage an energy facility, Reznicek and Montoya face up to 20 years imprisonment, not more than a $250,000 fine, or both such fine and imprisonment. His death left behind a widow, Christine. It was the disappearance of Macedonia resident Cari Farver that prompted Det. He pled guilty on May 28, 2019. A request for a change of venue wasnt filed as of Monday morning, but Spies said last week he planned to ask the court to move the cold-case murder trial. Inspired to address what he would come to call a criminal subculture with no regard for human life, Mayor Frank Klipsch led months of meetings with hundreds of community stakeholders from religious leaders to school officials to concerned parents eventually arriving to a conclusion focused on providing more diversion programs for youthful offenders and better access to social services. Tiny models of cars he wouldve loved to drive. Micalla Rettinger was killed April 28 in Waterloo on U.S. Highway 218. Bill Carter prevailed in the lawsuit and two days after the jurys verdict law enforcement filed charges for murder against Jason Carter. When Shanna Golyar asked the states high court to reverse her conviction and life sentence for first-degree murder, she pointed out that criminal investigators never found a murder weapon, a single witness or most importantly, a body. To date, officers have followed up on more than 900 leads. Main Office We are still very much involved in the investigation, said Mitch Mortvedt, assistant director of field operations for the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. Fishing pole. But Bill Carter said she wasnt. ) or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. If you think you are a victim of a scam or attempted fraud involving COVID-19 please click the image abovefor a variety of resources. Reznicek appeared in Des Moines on October 1, 2019 and was conditionally released pending trial. She was moving to Kansas to take a new job, she said, and didnt want to see any of them indefinitely. That wasnt always the case, however. (Courtesy Brandy Jennings | The Gazette). MUSCATINE After 16 total hours of deliberations, a jury found the defendant in a local cold case homicide guilty of second-degree murder more than 25 years later. Matthew Robbins, 46, of Ely, Busch, 29, and Yancey, 43, both of Cedar Rapids, are charged with robbery affecting interstate commerce, conspiracy to commit robbery affecting interstate commerce and using, carrying and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence resulting in murder, according to an indictment. On August 23, 1992, Tammy dropped her brother off at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and then began the final leg of her drive to Grinnell, which was five hours away. This Dec. 19, which marks the 40th anniversary of Martinkos death, news stations will be telling a much different story. PSN is the centerpiece of the Department of Justices violent crime reduction efforts. Bikers, drivers and people in the community are invited to join. Hundreds of cold cases are hot again thanks to a new genealogy technique. Nearly five months later, a group of hunters found their bodies in Bremer County. Now a woman in her 50s stands trial for his murder. March 5, 2019 | by Luke Nozicka, The Des Moines Register. Papakee, who was 41 at the time of her disappearance, is a mother of four. A jury of nine women and three men began deliberations Tuesday afternoon after spending six days hearing testimony and arguments in court, to find Annette Cahill, now 56, guilty of killing him. But according to text messages, emails and social media updates sent to family from Farver, she needed a break. 111 7th Ave, SE Ted Roberts said there are several factors investigators take into consideration when they try to uncover a subjects identity. March 3, 2019 | by Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press. Also, on April 5, of this year, Washington-Roby was in a vehicle involved in a shots-fired investigation. After their death, rumors circled about the possible killer. Both have since pled guilty. Box #1 Experts believe the technique could be used to revive investigations into a vast number of cases that have gone cold across the country, including at least 100,000 unsolved major violent crimes and 40,000 unidentified bodies. Even after all these years., March 6, 2019 | by Meredith Roemerman, The Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. United States Attorney Peter E. Deegan, Jr. announced charges and arrests in thirty-two recent federal gun cases at a press conference held at the United States Attorneys Office. Waterloo Police have followed up on many leads over the years but have not made an arrest. Quinto is alleged to have possessed a firearm with an obliterated serial number and possessed a firearm while being a drug user. The trial was reset to Feb. 10. CEDAR RAPIDS A straw used to sip soda led authorities to the Manchester man two months later they would charge with fatally stabbing 18-year-old Michelle Martinko in 1979. Officers in the West Des Moines Police Department created a new website called Answers for Ashley that they hope leads to her killer. Padgett later told authorities after dropping her off at a friends house and not getting an answer at the door, she spoke briefly with people in a black Chevy Cavalier. Rettinger died and one passenger was hurt in the shooting that happened in a remote area between Waterloo and Cedar Falls on Highway 218. An official website of the United States government. The 12 jurors returned the verdict against Drew A. Mangler, 24, after about eight and a half hours of deliberation at the Jackson County Courthouse in Maquoketa. Without viable leads, the case languished. If they are convicted of Counts 3, 5, 7 and/or 9, malicious use of fire, Reznicek and Montoya face a mandatory minimum 5 years imprisonment and a maximum of 20 years imprisonment, not more than a $250,000 fine, or both such fine and Little Chicago however decided to openly defy the new law to continue to gain income from alcohol sales. I was telling [county attorney Ed Bull], and the sheriff and Mike Motsinger, the head of DCI at that time, I said, I have a good family. I said, This didnt happen within my family.. It was 27 years later that technology provided new avenues for investigators who had never given up hope of unraveling a killing that shocked and haunted the community. Lopez pled guilty in June to two counts of being an unlawful user of marijuana and methamphetamine and one count of selling a stolen firearm. Its a pretty wild place, said Tom Munson, with the Sioux City Public Museum. That DNA eventually led to the arrest of a suspect in the 1979 slaying of Michelle Martinko in Cedar Rapids. Hub's recap of 2019's top 10 news stories includes: #7: Supreme Court rejects appeal in bizarre case of woman who posed as romantic rival after killing her When Shanna Golyar asked the state's high court to reverse her conviction and life sentence for first-degree murder, she pointed out that criminal investigators never found a murder weapon, a single witness or most . The first trial of 56-year-old Annette Cahill ended in a mistrial March 12 because of a hung jury. She had been stabbed multiple times in the face and chest. Saturday marks seven years since two Evansdale cousins, 10-year-old Lyric Cook and 8-year-old Elizabeth Collins, disappeared. WATERLOO King, the beloved husky of Micalla Rettinger and Adam Kimball, went everywhere with his human parents. They also spent time Thursday attempting, unsuccessfully, to persuade the Judge to allow them to introduce evidence and testimony about alleged domestic abuse between Bill and Shirley Carter. Law enforcement agencies across the state continue to make communities safer by partnering to reduce gun related crimes and violence. Fax Line:(319) 363-1990. They found that he killed James Remakel, 59, on Dec. 19, 2016, at his Bellevue home. One is that Rogers uncle, a serial killer and recent escapee from a Nebraska mental health center, is responsible. Convicted felons, drug users, and those who have committed domestic violence are simply not allowed to possess guns or ammunition. She had gone Dec. 19, 1979, to the newly opened Westdale Mall to buy a winter coat and vanished. The remains had been there for some time, according to authorities, so the Iowa State Medical Examiners Office was called in to perform an autopsy. His mother told KWWL that her son had been killed over cracking an innocent joke. Authorities say she was murdered inside her home in Hampton, some time between the night of November 16, 1999, and early on November 17, 1999. Someone just doesnt disappear like that, Doty said. She had been living in Waterloo since graduating in 2016 from college. Trial is currently scheduled for December 2, 2019, before United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger. Investigators remain hopeful they will find the person or persons responsible for the childrens deaths, he said. MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) A Tipton woman accused of killing her former boyfriend in 1992 is scheduled for another trial. So perhaps it was no surprise King also was there when Rettinger was memorialized Friday in Lenexa, Kan. The dog was at the funeral Mass. Last week, the Council Bluffs Police Department received information from the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Criminalistics Laboratory regarding the identity of the body found in the vacant No Frills Supermarket Store, 1817 W. Broadway, on Jan. 24. West Des Moines police are using a new tool to investigate Ashley Oklands murder eight years after it occurred. This has been the ritual for the last year since her 14-year-old son was hit and killed by a driver who then drove off. The trial for Jerry Lynn Burns, whos been charged with first-degree murder in the 1979 killing of Michelle Martinko, will begin at 9 a.m. Oct. 14 at Linn County Courthouse, according to online court records. August 30, 2019 | By Grace Stetson, NBCNews.com. He pled guilty on June 13, 2019. The probability of finding Burns DNA profile among unrelated individuals would be less than one out of 100 billion, according to the document. The Street Crimes Action Team, a specialized unit within the investigations section tasked with violent and drug-related crimes in the city, added two detectives and a sergeant. October 14, 2019 | by Anna Spoerre, The Des Moines Register. And we all got phone calls to look our doors and be on the lookout. Before an arrest was made in one of Iowas most haunting cold-case killings, investigators collected DNA from more than 125 people as they eliminated suspects. But instead of bubbling beakers and chalkboards full of mind-scrambling equations, he is surrounded by computers. The Kearney (Neb.) Burkhow admitted to investigators that he uses controlled substances. More than a year later, statements have been collected, evidence gathered and witnesses interviewed. IOWA CITY Complex and violent crime cases taken on by the Iowa City Police Departments investigations section this year have led the department to bolster the ranks in that unit and rely more heavily on outside agencies for help. She had been stabbed to death. Search warrants unsealed last week show the efforts of Cedar Rapids investigators to make an arrest in the 1979 fatal stabbing of 18-year-old Michelle Martinko, which included taking buccal swabs from dozens of individuals. I kind of live with true crime, so for me, thats not as much of an issue, Burnside said. As horror stories about sexually abusive priests began to dot the Democrat and Chronicle front page, two readers contacted the newspaper out of the blue. Ryan Avis, Investigator Jim Doty and Special Deputy Anthony Kava of the Pottawattamie County Sheriffs Office to join forces in April 2015. Rettinger was from Lenexa, Kansas. Her brother told her he wasnt sure he would want to be responsible getting a family member arrested. CEDAR RAPIDS The Manchester man accused of fatally stabbing 18-year-old Michelle Martinko in 1979 waived his right to speedy trial Monday and will ask the court to move his trial out of Linn County. February 13, 2019 | by Alicia Yager, The Telegraph Herald. He was 23 years old at the time of death. Jason Carter, 46, of Knoxville, was charged with first-degree murder in the killing of his mother, Shirley, two days after the civil jury in December 2017 found him responsible for her June 2015 death. They recounted their exploits at a 7 p.m. press conference, and the next mornings headline emerged right away: At last, a suspect has been arrested in the murder of Michelle Martinko. In 2017, Shanna Golyar was sentenced to life in prison for killing Cari Farver because she was dating her ex-boyfriend and using a web of social media lies to pretend she was still alive. They will be making five stops in the area. CEDAR RAPIDS The trial for a Manchester man accused of fatally stabbing 18-year-old Michelle Martinko in 1979 likely will be postponed because the defense may need additional technical information and expert witnesses to prepare for the trial. The price may be everyones genetic privacy. December 30, 2019 | by Trish Mehaffey, The Gazette. Enter the income or loss from federal Schedule F. Include a copy of federal Schedule F. The IA 4562 A&B may need to be completed if the taxpayer claimed depreciation or section 179 deductions on the federal return. Amy told Dateline she told Tammy no, but said she did remember asking, Is everything OK?, August 27, 2019 | By Jessica Watson, KCAU TV9, siouxlandproud.com. Official websites use .gov Giving Back to the Community through a variety of venues & initiatives. In March of this year, Wright and Wilson were both charged with being a drug user in possession of a firearm. DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) Two sports radio hosts and a Des Moines police sergeant are teaming up for a new podcast that could help solve some unsolved cases. But when his luck ran out, kid Kava faced some potentially serious consequences. Denlinger works on cold cases and was part of the team that helped make an arrest in the 1979 murder of Michelle Martinko. He loved cars, his mom April says. Prosecutors expect opening arguments to begin Thursday. At the five year anniversary of Johnsons death, police told KWWL they had possible suspects but were waiting on the right piece of information that could lead to an arrest. (Staff photo/Joe Shearer). September 16, 2019 | By Trish Mehaffey, The Gazette. The DNA of the suspect was uploaded to the site and showed shared DNA with a known cousin on the site. 515-473-9300 Cahill was arrested last year in connection with the killing of 22-year-old Corey Lee Wieneke, whose body was found in his West Liberty home. Ive had to endure so much. The next morning, the housekeeper found the couple murderedand there are some strange facts. The Department of Justice is remaining vigilant in detecting, investigating, and prosecuting wrongdoing related to the crisis. Tammy and her younger brother left the family home in New Jersey together to drive back to their respective schools. Instead, the outcome may hinge on whether jurors believe a woman who says she was 9 when she overheard Cahill confess to killing bartender Corey Wieneke weeks after the slaying. On Thursday, a deceased man or woman was found inside the former site of No Frills on West Broadway in Council Bluffs. Help us combat the proliferation of sexual exploitation crimes against children. Now, authorities say Facebook profiles she created remain online and they want them removed. Printed from the Iowa Department of Corrections website on January 16, 2023 at 11:31pm.Iowa Department of Corrections website on January 16, 2023 at 11:31pm. The warrants also better explain how a Virginia-based genetics lab and the DNA of a woman in Vancouver, Washington, helped detectives identify the Manchester man they say killed the high school student decades ago when he was 25: Jerry Lynn Burns. The decision was made by a Linn County judge on Monday. And how can they sleep with themselves knowing what they did-to somebody who was full of life, full of joy, loved hanging around his friends, Tanya Johnson told KWWL in 2017. McAllister laid out the states case in a roughly 16-minute opening statement. 7TH ANNUAL MEMORIAL RIDE AND DRIVE FOR THE GIRLS. For each second or subsequent conviction of Counts 2, 4, 6 and/or 8, Reznicek and Montoya face a mandatory minimum 20 years imprisonment to be served consecutive to the sentence imposed on Count 1. Steve Ridge, a consultant and past investigative reporter, spoke to KIMT on Wednesday and said that he went through 11 pages of Vansices medical records and found out about the diagnosis. The most recent disappearance occurred on June 3, 2001. Walkers mother, Ann Davis, says no arrests have been made in regards to his mother. She has no criminal history and has continued her longtime job with the Police Law Institute, an Iowa-based company that helps train police officers nationwide, while awaiting trial. Digital Forensic Administrator with the Pottawattamie County Sheriffs Office, Anthony Kava, worked for years on the case and says two profiles used to stalk people and commit the murder remained on Facebook this week. Dec. 19, 2018. WATERLOO, Iowa (KWWL) Seven years have passed since the murder of 17-year-old Martavious Tay Tay Johnson. CEDAR RAPIDS On the 40th anniversary this month of Michelle Martinkos death, family and friends gathered at her grave to mourn her. The reward was announced Tuesday morning and is separate from other rewards that would be contingent upon a conviction. The jury ordered Carter to pay $10 million to Shirleys estate. I uploaded my DNA to GEDMatch, a public database used to research family trees, and forgot about it, Brandy Jennings, 40, told The Gazette in a phone interview Friday. MAQUOKETA, Iowa Jurors on Wednesday found a Dubuque man guilty of second-degree murder for killing a Bellevue resident. Ridge is one of the few people who Vansice has opened up to. Jim Doty, Digital Forensics and Technology Administrator Anthony Kava and Deputy Ryan Avis of the Pottawattamie County Sheriffs Office worked together to solve the 2012 cold case murder of Macedonia resident Cari Farver. I dont know I feel OK about it, Jennings said. April 8, 2019 | by Laura Terrell, KCCI.com. But the Cedar Rapids Police Department had a busy day perhaps their busiest since they began investigating the homicide nearly four decades ago. He was just angry and taking it out on the three leading the investigation, he said. The complaint and indictment against Burkhow alleges that in March and April 2019, Burkhow sold cocaine to a confidential informant on five separate occasions. (Staff photo/Joe Shearer). But, like dozens of other open homicide investigations in the Quad-Cities, no arrests have been made in Jones case even though the assigned investigators say they have a pretty good idea of who killed him. The trial date is tentative, as Spies said Burns intends to a request a venue change. Burns waived his presence at the hearing and didnt attend the hearing. Report the net business income or loss from federal Schedule C. Include a copy of the federal schedule. Nobody can even come close to knowing., March 18, 2019 | by Luke Nozicka, The Des Moines Register. A conviction on the first-degree charge triggers an automatic sentence of life in prison without parole, while second-degree murder carries a 50-year prison term, with eligibility for parole after 35 years. Bill Carter believed that seemed to imply they felt family perpetrated the killing, specifically either himself or Jason Carter. October 20, 2019 | Associated Press and The Gazette. At age 12, Kava had to get creative if he wanted to hop online and hone his burgeoning tech skills. The cases were investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Division of Narcotics Enforcement, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Cedar Rapids Safe Streets Task Force (composed of representatives from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Marshal Service, and the Cedar Rapids Police Department), the Waterloo Federal Task Force (composed of the Waterloo Police Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms assisted by the Black Hawk County Sheriffs Office and Cedar Falls Police Department), the Dubuque Police Department, the Linn County Sheriffs Office, the Charles City Police Department, and the Winneshiek County Sheriffs Office. The trial for the Manchester man accused in the 1979 killing of eastern Iowa teen Michelle Martinko was supposed to begin today. The shooting happened on the 500 block of Sumner Street in Waterloo. Hes not a very well-liked guy, said Munson. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime. The 18-year-old was found stabbed to death in her familys car outside Westdale mall. Bates says this stole his innocence and condemned him to live with guilt and anger. Cahill, 56, is an unusual defendant. Its part of the answer to how we, as a community, can strive to ensure that a victim is remembered, rather than the person who harmed them., April 29, 2019 | by Jeff Reinitz, wcfcourier.com. That is until the Reverand George C. Haddock came to Sioux City in 1885. January 17, 2019 | by Jeff Reinitz, The Courier, Rita Papakee (Courtesy Iowa Department of Public Safety). We hope someone somewhere may know any detail that could lead to answers, Marjorie Hatcher said. The last time he had been seen alive was Sept. 7, 1989 leaving a bar. Jason Carter was sued by his father, Bill Carter, and his brother, Billy Dean Carter, after no one was charged in her death. A judge declared the mistrial Tuesday afternoon when the jury of five women and seven men declared they could not reach a verdict. February 20, 2019 | by Bob James, KHAK.com. They challenged reporters to turn the same scrutiny on their own house. ), October 21, 2019 | by Trish Mehaffey, The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Michelle Martinko (Courtesy Robert J. Riley). Now hell stand trial for murder. Kava is not only the agencys technology administrator, but he is also an expert on digital forensics and a member of the Iowa Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. A locked padlock They went missing July 13, 2012. If convicted, she faces life in prison. About three years prior to Shirley Carters death, a nearby methamphetamine lab was busted and the nearby public was told to lock their doors and keep a lookout, Bill Carter remembered. It is just unbelievable the amount of information that is not provided, not followed up on, not disclosed., March 14, 2019 | by Kyle Ocker, The Daily Iowegian. According to a release from Millers office, the AGs Crime Victim Assistance Division has tapped STACS DNA to develop the system. The case file is 19-mj-117 and 19-cr-47. The trial will test prosecutors ability to get a conviction in a case in which they have no physical evidence against Annette Cahill. We just had a whole bunch of things that happened during the same time, Droll said. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette). Read More. Investigators take us through the process of body identification. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Blog February 1, 2019 | by Tyler J. Davis, The Des Moines Register. Iowa Cold Cases Secure .gov websites use HTTPS July 12, 2019 | by Kat Russell, The Gazette, Elizabeth Collins (left) and Lyric Cook (Courtesy The Gazette). Their bodies were found nearly five months later, and the case remains unsolved. A first-degree murder charge in the Oct. 13, 1992, death of Corey Lee Wieneke was brought last May against Annette D. Cahill, 56, of Tipton. Burns, 65, is accused of killing the 18-year-old Martinko outside of a Cedar Rapids mall in December 1979. Full Story, March 22, 2019 | by Trish Mehaffey, The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Brandy Jennings of Vancouver, Wash., is shown with her father, Jim Jennings, in this family photo. For nearly five months after the disappearance, law enforcement agencies and residents mounted an enormous search for the girls. A bullet came through the drivers side window as her vehicle crossed Brinker Lake and the Cedar River. The case went cold until 2017. Victims of crime may experience feelings of confusion, frustration, fear and anger. Reward doubled for information on missing Meskwaki woman, Missing Cedar Rapids girl at heart of Fireball Run preview event Friday, COLD CASE: 7 years since murder of Martavious Tay Tay Johnson, 8 Homicide cases resolved in 2018 in Linn County: More than usual, prosecutor says, Iowa Missing Person Information Clearinghouse. Dan Wade said. WATERLOO, Iowa (KWWL) Its been 30 years since the murder of Jeffery Jo Jo Zolliecoffer, whose body was found in a Waterloo river with multiple gunshot wounds. The case file is 19-mj-149 and 19-cr-59. The pair competed on the online reality show Fireball Run Season 11: Big Country to raise awareness about Erin Kay Pospisil of Cedar Rapids, who went missing in 2001 at the age of 15. The autopsy indicated no signs of trauma to Murillo-Moncada, police said. Credit card fraud committed across state lines is no laughing matter. Press Release. The two cousins were kidnapped back in 2012. Ritas disappearance has touched us all, individually and as a community. This would be considered murder under U.S. law, though nobody has been specifically charged with murder. And then my wife is laying there dead, and they say, Dont worry about it., In his story about Bill Carters testimony, Daily Iowegian editor Kyle Ocker presents a dynamic read-between-the-lines story that goes behind the Carter couples facade and addresses allegations of significant abuse., Read Bills telling words at the Daily Iowegian, March 13, 2019 | By Meredith Roemerman, Muscatine Journal/The Gazette.