When Burns disposed of the straw, the investigator collected it and tested it for DNA. Contact Us. [1][5] Iowan law mandates a life sentence without the possibility of parole for first degree murder. After waiting more than 11 years to see justice, Stickleys family were finally able to find peace and start the healing process. 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. WHO-TV eventually removed the story and video and from its website, but the case summary and video remained on the Iowa Cold Cases site. Cedar Rapids Police solve 50-year cold case of Maureen Brubaker - KWWL 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. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Arrest Made: June 8, 2011 111 S. Second St., Apt. The cremains were presented to McMahons ex-wife Nancy and family Nov. 12, 2014, and Dr. Schmunck credited both WHO-TV and Iowa Cold Cases for helping to solve the case. Guilty Verdict: Feb. 13, 2019 (second-degree murder) 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. Cora Ann Okonski, a 23-year-old young mother engaged to be married the following month, went missing from her Tama, Iowa, home around 9 p.m. on Palm Sunday, April 16, 2000. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KWWL) -- The Cedar Rapids Police Cold Case Unit on Tuesday confirmed a DNA match for a suspect in the murder of 17-year-old Maureen Brubaker Farley. Alford Plea Entered: Feb. 17, 2017. Investigating Agency: Cedar Rapids Police Department [10][11] She was also a talented performer, joined the twirling squad as a sophomore, and performed in choirs and theater productions. Here is a link to the perps appeal (which the perp lost). Arrest Made: July 27, 2015 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. Council Bluffs, IA 22 YOA In April 2019, Council Bluffs investigators submitted the unknown male DNA profile to Parabon Nanolabs to begin a genetic genealogy case. Officials found Farvers vehicle in Omaha on Jan. 10, 2013. Yancey pleaded guilty in May to the same charges. [36][37], On August 7, 2020, Burns was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Roberts made his first court appearance in Linn County District Court on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, where he was charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder and going armed with intent. Found: Area of Rock Creek cabins at 2829 U.S. 67 Investigators had reviewed Burns' 2018 internet searches and found that he regularly visited websites showing blonde women being raped, stabbed, and strangled, and which depicted sexual intercourse with murder victims. Georgia Department of Corrections. A juvenile found carrying a knife was interviewed and ruled out in her murder, as was a shopping center employee who had told police that he enjoyed following women and ogling store mannequins. Case Number: S12-021291 [8][9] She attended Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School, where she was an above average student and well regarded by school officials. Her mother, Janet, died in 1998. PROVIDE CASE INFORMATION; Iowa Cold Cases by City. Young murder victim helps solve her own cold case nearly 40 - CBS News ", Database:Explore an interactive map of Iowa's unsolved murders, dating back to 1847, and learn more about each case from information gathered byIowa Cold Cases, Gone Cold: Jody Ewing's quest to solve Iowa murders. Body Found: 800 block W. Riverside Drive Arrest Made: Feb. 3, 2023 Conviction Date: July 11, 2013. Late on Tuesday, May 8, 2012, Jack Wendell Pursel, a 66-year-old former Waterloo resident whod been living in South Gate, Calif., walked into the Waterloo Police Department and confessed to the double homicide. [2][16] At 2a.m., since Martinko had still not returned home, her father reported her missing. Her friend declined. [3] The brothers were placed under surveillance, and investigators began to attempt to collect their DNA secretly. Murder of Michelle Martinko - Wikipedia Maureen Brubaker-Farley was reported missing on Sept. 20, 1971. [9] After the event, she asked her friend and twirling squad teammate if she wanted to join her on a shopping trip to the Westdale Mall, which had recently opened, and where Martinko worked. They also played a later recording, after Burns' arrest, in which Burns questioned whether he could have blocked out the memory of committing the crime.[30]. 20, and his girlfriend Melisa Gregory, 17, were bludgeoned to death on a ranch northwest of Newton, Iowa, in 1983. He had worked for John Deere and co-owned a truck stop. He began to search for her, as did the police. Date of Death: April 29, 2011 SOLVED | Iowa Cold Cases Note: While cases are cross-referenced by city and county for geographical purposes, some . 38 Wakefield Ct. The filing said that the three did reveal and discharge a firearm while committing the robbery, leading to the death of Booher. During the initial investigation, the affidavit indicates Ridnour gave inconsistent accounts about his location at the time Callahan went missing, and about his relationship with her granddaughter. About Nancy Grace featured the cold case in 2010, and the family received a new . Killed: June 28, 2018 Kerstens former boyfriend, Steven J. Klein, was arrested in Muscatine July 17, 2015, and charged with first-degree murder in the nearly 20-year-old unsolved homicide. Cold Cases 'It's A Big Deal': DNA Solves 46-Year-Old Murder Of 5-Year-Old Girl Decades after Siobhan McGuinness was sexually assaulted, stabbed to death, and left in a drain culvert, investigators point to Richard William Davis as her killer. The charges were filed in federal court for the Northern District of Iowa and unsealed on Wednesday. Police on Friday announced that DNA evidence confirmed Thomas O. Freeman as the man who fatally stabbed Lee Rotatori inside of her hotel room in the summer of 1982.