Iowa police on Friday arrested a man and charged him with murder in the death of a 23-year-old woman who fell from a third-story apartment balcony in February. West Des Moines Police said they were called to the Sun Prairie Apartment Complex just before midnight on February 12 and found Trisha Kunze on the ground …
One of the teens allegedly sent Snapchat messages detailing the crime.
An Iowa father has been arrested for child endangerment after he allegedly passed out drunk, allowing his toddler son to leave the house and go wandering down the road alone. Court records say West Des Moines police said they were called at about 5 p.m. on Friday about “a small child about the ages of …
Two 16-year-old boys appeared in an Iowa court on Monday and pleaded not guilty to killing their high school Spanish teacher, who was reportedly found dead with head trauma in early November. Willard Miller and Jeremy Goodale entered their not guilty pleas during their arraignment at a Jefferson County district court. The Fairfield High School …
An Iowa man has been charged in the disappearance and presumed death of a woman who vanished nearly six months ago. The father of 30-year-old Rachel Reuter reported her missing to the Urbandale Police Department on June 16, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said. The department worked with state investigators, and their probe eventually led …
Human remains found in an Iowa farmer’s field in Poweshiek County last month are those of an 11-year-old boy who vanished in May. Xavior Harrelson was last seen on May 27 when he rode away from a Montezuma mobile home park where he was a caretaker for his mother, who is an amputee. Police said …
An Iowa teen has been charged with murder in the deaths of his parents Thursday morning. Cedar Rapids police said they responded to a call in the northeast section of the city at about 2 a.m. and found Ethan Orton, 17, sitting outside, covered in blood, KCRG reported. Police said Orton told them he stabbed …
An Iowa man has been charged with murder in the death of his six-month-old son who was found unresponsive in an Iowa Falls apartment in March. In addition to first-degree murder, Nicholas Edward Cox, 22, also faces a charge of child endangerment causing death, the Times Citizen reported. Iowa Falls Police said they were called …
An Iowa woman already sentenced to 25 year for intentionally running over a 14-year-old Latina girl and a 12-year-old Black boy with her SUV was sentenced Thursday to the same amount on federal hate crimes charges stemming from the incidents. Nicole Poole Franklin, 43, was given two concurrent 25 year sentences in May after pleading …
Iowa police are looking for a 13-year-old girl they say has PTSD and occasionally has psychotic episodes. Callista Ryan was last seen at about 7 a.m. Thursday morning in south Cedar Rapids, the Cedar Rapids Gazette reported. Ryan is described as 4 feet 11 inches tall and about 107 pounds. She has a Ying Yang …
An 11-year-old Iowa boy died Sunday from injuries he suffered a day earlier when a popular boat ride at an amusement park malfunction just a day after it passed a state inspection and opened for the first time this season. Michael Jaramillo and three other people, including at least one other minor, were injured when …
