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. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) The Cedar Rapids Police investigator who helped lead the effort to solve the murder of Michelle Martinko after 40 years has been named Iowas Officer of the Year. Burns attorney, Leon Spies, said the waiver was necessary because the defense still was reviewing evidence in the case and needed time to prepare for trial. He created fake credit card numbers and used them until the system caught up with the bogus digits. In the past few months, the work of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies has resulted in the following matters in federal court in Cedar Rapids: Jesus David Jimenez, age 33, Karondius Martea Kelly, age 20, Jamaal Baker, age 40, Charles John Cizek, age 41, Alberto Quinto-Pascual, age 36, Shevin Darnell Caston, age 28, Diamond Meshan Duckings, age 34, Jumoni Dontez Wilson, age 18, Levi Farren Miller, age 28, Rajih Rafee Donley, age 31, all of Waterloo, Iowa; John David Orr III, age 19, Johnnie Eugene Raymond, age 22, Charles Dwayne Carter, age 27, all of Dubuque, Iowa; Dustin Blake Herubin, age 23, Daytrell Washington-Roby, age 21, Raven Damien Meader Burkhow, age 24, Drew Blahnik, age 32. The suit names the newspaper and its corporate parent, Gannett Co. Inc. Cahill has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of Wieneke, 22, whose body was found in his West Liberty home in October 1992. Facebook previously removed all the fake Cari Farver profiles Golyar created, and Kava has asked for two years for Facebook to remove the last two. The next morning, the housekeeper found the couple murderedand there are some strange facts. Look into a former newspaper employee named Jack J. Lazeroff, the readers said. February 13, 2019 | by Alicia Yager, The Telegraph Herald. No witnesses have reported seeing the pickup Padgett was driving, or a black Cavalier, in the neighborhood that night. 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.. June 9, 2019 | by Tara Becker-Gray and Bill Lukitsch, Quad-City Times. 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. Burnside helped bring the podcast to life. Rita Janelle Papakee was last seen Jan. 16, 2015, at the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel, and searches in the years that followed have come up empty. August 5, 2019 | By Brian McCormack, The Daily Nonpareil, From left, Sgt. We are hoping for answers, said Tribal Chairman Anthony Waseskuk. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) Three people were indicted on multiple federal charges in connection to an unsolved crime from 2014 that resulted in the death of James Booher. But another person, an employee who worked security for the company Kava hacked for free internet, gave him another kind of talk. It means preserving Caris legacy of helping others. January 5, 2019 | by Bob Saar, The Hawk Eye. His mother told KWWL that her son had been killed over cracking an innocent joke. They hope to prevent this tragedy from happening again. But according to text messages, emails and social media updates sent to family from Farver, she needed a break. Her second trial in Muscatine is scheduled to begin Sept. 9. Have a question about Government Services? 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. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports no arrests have been made yet in the April 28 death of Micalla Rettinger. Every other week, the crew goes deep into missing persons and unsolved homicide cases in the Des Moines area. Kava referred to it as the good hacker talk, and it was just what Kavas young ears needed hear. Every year, to keep their memory alive, the girls families have a memorial ride and drive. He pled guilty on May 28, 2019. Yet, the case remains cold. Bikers, drivers and people in the community are invited to join. A central Iowa man found responsible for his mothers death by a civil jury will go to trial in criminal court in March in western Iowa, court records show. Their bodies were found nearly five months later, and the case remains unsolved. 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. 111 7th Ave, SE I kind of live with true crime, so for me, thats not as much of an issue, Burnside said. 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. But there are times when a human being dies and the process halts before it can even begin when they are found without a name. They were seen riding their bicycles about noon at Meyers Lake, a popular fishing and recreation area in Evansdale, a northeastern Iowa community of about 4,500 residents southeast of Waterloo. Cedar Valley Crime Stoppers has offered a $7,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the case. CEDAR RAPIDS A Vancouver, Wash., woman, trying to find out more about her fathers side of the family, never expected that her DNA would help catch an Iowa man accused of killing Michelle Martinko 40 years ago. Bill Carter believed that seemed to imply they felt family perpetrated the killing, specifically either himself or Jason Carter. 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. But when his luck ran out, kid Kava faced some potentially serious consequences. By all accounts, she was happy. Like every year, local news stations ran anniversary pieces describing the cold case of Michelle Martinko, an 18-year-old woman stabbed to death in Cedar Rapids in 1979. Court records state he may have been there to meet two men about an issue with money not much else is known. Find ICC on Facebook Jim Doty, Digital Forensics and Technology Administrator Anthony Kava and Deputy Ryan Avis of the Pottawattamie County Sheriffs Office pose for a portrait inside the county headquarters on Friday, Aug. 2, 2019. And he was there in the back seat of the Jeep during Rettingers final moments in the early hours of April 28 when a bullet entered the drivers window on Highway 218 in Waterloo, killing Rettinger and injuring Kimball. She was a former softball player at the University of Northern Iowa who was driving home from work at a bar with two passengers when the shooting happened. A judge declared the mistrial Tuesday afternoon when the jury of five women and seven men declared they could not reach a verdict. SOLON, Iowa Cold case investigator Steve Ridge has revealed that popular Mason City, Iowa morning television anchor Jodi Huisentruit boarded a ski boat with two men she did not previously know the weekend before she vanished in June of 1995. 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. I want someone to have to do time if (he/she) did something like that. Rettinger was driving southbound on Highway 218 between Waterloo and Cedar Falls on April 28. He will share that with the defense if they decide it will be used at trial. Council Bluffs police have released the identity of the body found in a vacant Council Bluffs grocery store in January. In the early 90s, internet access wasnt as commonplace as it is now. She had been stabbed to death. Cedar Rapids, IA 52401, Telephone:(319) 363-6333 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. April 8, 2019 | by Laura Terrell, KCCI.com. Murillo was employed at No Frills Supermarket at the time of his disappearance. Tait Otis Purks conviction and sentence on 2nd degree murder in Tama County District Court was affirmed by the Iowa Court of Appeals last week. She had gone Dec. 19, 1979, to the newly opened Westdale Mall to buy a winter coat and vanished. The couple got the last hotel room available thanks to a last-minute cancellation. Elizabeth, 8, and Lyric, 10, were cousins. January 17, 2019 | by Jeff Reinitz, The Courier, Rita Papakee (Courtesy Iowa Department of Public Safety). Wieneke, 22 years old at the time, was found dead by his live-in fiancee at their small, rural farmhouse. The trial will test prosecutors ability to get a conviction in a case in which they have no physical evidence against Annette Cahill. 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. It began at the Art Center as a meet-and-greet and ended at the Capitol Theater with a slideshow featuring McCampbell and Palmers 8-day, 2,000 mile trip in 2017. April 15, 2019 | by Luke Nozicka, The Des Moines Register. Doty, a 12-year veteran of the sheriffs office, said there was something peculiar about Farvers sudden need for a break from everyone she cared about. Denlinger works on cold cases and was part of the team that helped make an arrest in the 1979 murder of Michelle Martinko. Meana was charged in April with possessing an unregistered firearm. January 30, 2019 | by Mike Bell, The Daily Nonpareil. 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. Wieneke and Cahill had a sexual relationship, according to the criminal complaint, and the two allegedly argued about his involvement with another woman the morning he was killed. Saturday marks seven years since two Evansdale cousins, 10-year-old Lyric Cook and 8-year-old Elizabeth Collins, disappeared. The charges are contained in complaints and indictments filed within the last few months in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids. She worked in Omaha as a computer programmer and had a strong bond with her son, who was in high school at the time. Des Moines, IA. He decided from that point on to keep on hacking, but instead of stealing services, Kava wanted to use his knowledge to serve society. There are remains to be handled, next of kin to be contacted, services to be arranged, an obituary to write and, in most cases, a burial or ceremony to hold. In the midst of his anger, he said, he repeated what Jason Carter had told him: That Shirley Carter was cold and stiff. Fingerprints, DNA, dental records and other scientific methods are the standards for filling in the blanks but are not always possible. He loved cars, his mom April says. 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. The price may be everyones genetic privacy. 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. PSN is the centerpiece of the Department of Justices violent crime reduction efforts. The complaints and indictments filed against McGhee, Kelly, Cizek, Braggs, High, Raymond, Caston, Henderson, Richmond, Carter, Donley, allege that these defendants were felons who were unlawfully in possession of a firearm or ammunition. Iowa Cold Cases Prosecutors, at arraignments last month for two defendants, Danielle Busch and William L. Yancey, said they are waiting for approval from the U.S. Justice Department to pursue the death penalty if the defendants are found guilty. The shooting happened on the 500 block of Sumner Street in Waterloo. He told police that Pospisil then got into the Cavalier, after telling Padgett she was going to get a ride from them. September 16, 2019 | By Trish Mehaffey, The Gazette. July 12, 2019 | by Kat Russell, The Gazette, Elizabeth Collins (left) and Lyric Cook (Courtesy The Gazette). 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. 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. Manglers trial started on Feb. 4. 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 jury ordered Carter to pay $10 million to Shirleys estate. KIMT learned Wednesday that Vansice has an aggressive form of Alzheimers. They became worried the next morning when they still had not heard from their daughter. Blog (Staff photo/Joe Shearer). The unresponsive male was taken to a nearby hospital. Main Office Little Chicago however decided to openly defy the new law to continue to gain income from alcohol sales. The Golden State Killer case was just the start. The United States Attorneys Office for the Southern District of Iowa Victim/Witness Unit is dedicated to making sure that victims of federal crimes and their family members are treated with compassion, fairness and respect. The first trial of 56-year-old Annette Cahill ended in a mistrial March 12 because of a hung jury. des moines, iowa - on september 19, 2019, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging defendants, jessica rae reznicek and ruby katherine montoya, with one count of conspiracy to damage an energy facility, four counts of use of fire in the commission of a felony, and four counts of malicious use of fire, announced united states attorney Purk was indicted by a Tama County Grand Jury in December, 2016. They challenged reporters to turn the same scrutiny on their own house. Micalla Rettinger was killed April 28 in Waterloo on U.S. Highway 218. The verdict brought an end to the nearly three-week trial. 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. It has been widely reported that Huisentruit went skiing at Coralville Lake north of Iowa City, Iowa with the primary person of interest in her disappearance, a man twenty-some years here senior, John Vansice, Vansices son and two of Jodis friends. 515-473-9300 December 7, 2022. Read More. 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. They were last seen riding their bikes at Meyers Lake in Evansdale. Ridge is one of the few people who Vansice has opened up to. December 30, 2019 | by Trish Mehaffey, The Gazette. She was moving to Kansas to take a new job, she said, and didnt want to see any of them indefinitely. MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) A Tipton woman accused of killing her former boyfriend in 1992 is scheduled for another trial. Someone just doesnt disappear like that, Doty said. In March of this year, Wright and Wilson were both charged with being a drug user in possession of a firearm. It behaved itself, said Steve Rettinger, Micallas father, in a weekend interview with the Courier. Supporting this fund, and its goal of a permanent endowment, means ensuring Cari Farver, an innocent victim, is never forgotten, said Anthony Kava, the digital forensics investigator in the Pottawattamie County Sheriffs Office who worked on the case. DES MOINES, Iowa On September 19, 2019, a federal grand jury returned an Indictment charging defendants, Jessica Rae Reznicek and Ruby Katherine Montoya, with one count of conspiracy to damage an energy facility, four counts of use of fire in the commission of a felony, and four counts of malicious use of fire, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. October 21, 2019 | by Steve Orr, democratandchronicle.com. Cahill was arrested last year in connection with the 1992 killing of 22-year-old Corey Lee Wieneke, whose body was found in his West Liberty home. If you'd like to reprint a post or case summary, please contact us with the name of the requested post/article. His lawyer previously had filed a written waiver. She always had something going on.. If convicted on these charges, all defendants face at least a possible maximum sentence of 10 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, $100 in special assessments, and three years of supervised release following any imprisonment.. Ted Roberts said there are several factors investigators take into consideration when they try to uncover a subjects identity. Cahill, 56, is an unusual defendant. That person has still yet to say anything. Walker, a father of four was killed during an attempted robbery. 2005 2023 The Kearney (Neb.) It was the disappearance of Macedonia resident Cari Farver that prompted Det. 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