CEDAR RAPIDS — Multiple witnesses and DNA evidence link a Marion man to a stabbing five months ago in Cedar Rapids, according to court documents. Jason A. Morris, 28, of 1764 Blackhawk Dr., has been charged with attempted murder, willful injury and assault with a dangerous weapon in the incident on Sept. 22. He is [...]

  DAVENPORT – A friend and employee of Denise Frei testified Wednesday that Frei told her she was leaving boyfriend Curtis Bailey and wanted him dead. Frei, 45, of Marengo, stands trial this week for first-degree murder. She is the third co-conspirator accused in the brutal slaying of Bailey, 33, of Marengo. He was beaten [...]

The man suspected of killing his wife and fleeing to South Dakota earlier this month told investigators he “lost it and blacked out” during an argument in their Greene home. Thomas J. Petersen, 39, of Greene, now faces a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the June 4 stabbing death of his wife, Judy [...]