Kimberly became regular customers. She was lively. I loved her personality. She always has words of wisdom. She was a beautiful person. April says she developed a close friendship with robert. He gave her hundreds of dollars in tips and helped her get out of an abusive relationship. He was my best friend at one time. Prosecutors told the jury robert wanted a romantic relationship with april, but she didnt feel the same way. They say he wanted kimberly out of his life so he could put april on the top of his proverbial totem pole. They said robert made that clear in a goodbye letter he after he shot kimberly 17 times. April read that letter in court. I feel bad we never got to the good times. Us two only. Bye i did talk with april today about the verdict. She says she overwhelming ly happy about the jurys verdict. She told me kim can finally rest in peace. Her family finally has closure. And she can finally close a chapter wiedemann, kcrg tv nine news. A former Cedar Rapids Police chief is under investigation in the florida town where hes currently chief. The city of ocala, in North Central florida, is looking into claims against greg graham. Fellow officers are accusing him of sexual harassment, discrimination, hostile treatment and retaliation. Graham is not on administrative leave or suspension. Graham was police chief in cedar rapids from 2008 was previously a deputy chief in ocala. He left cedar rapids in 2012 to go back to that police department. A judge resentenced isaiah sweet to life in prison with a chance of parole. A jury convicted sweet, who is 21, in the killing of his grandparents in manchester in 2012 he was 17 at the time of the conviction. He had been serving life in prison without the chance of parole. Sweet appealed his sentence to the iowa supreme sentences without possibility of parole for juveniles convicted of first degree murder. Have you seen something you think we should know about . Call newsline nine. 319365 9999. Take a picture or shoot some video. And send them to newsroom at kcrg dot com. Meteorologist joe winters joins us now with our first alert forecast. Joe, what a Beautiful Day out ther last . Fog will not be an issue tonight, but rain will. A warm front lifts to the north bringing the best chance for showers and storms along and north of highway 20. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for this area through thursday evening where 23 of rain will be common. Locally higher totals are certainly possible. Drier weather heads in for friday and saturday with storms again possible late on sunday. Have a great night tonight chance of chance of storms, mainly north. Humid. Wind s 515. High 87 back to you. Anne holton stopped in cedar rapids this morning. Shes the former virginia education pick. Clintons campaign has taken fire recently for waiting to tell the public about her battle with pneumonia. Thats raised the question should politicians disclose their medical records when running for office . Holton says yes. Absolutely, the public is entitled to know what a candidates health is two top aides for ron pauls 2012 president ial campaign wont go to prison for trying to cover up payments to a former iowa state senator. A judge sentenced Campaign Chairman jesse benton and manager john tate to two years probation and six months of home confinement. Benton and tate, along with Deputy Campaign convicted of conspiracy and false campaign reporting. Kesari will find out his sentence tomorrow. The men dont believe they broke any laws when they paid 73thousand dollars to former state senator kent sorenson, who endorsed paul six days before the 2012 iowa caucuses. Prosecutors say it became illegal when they tried to hide the payment in Financial Disclosure reports. All three are expected to appeal their convictions. New hope to children with muscular dystrophy. And now with fda approval this experimental medicine, called eteplirsen, is available to kids outside the research project. Kcrg tv nines mark carlson joins us live from iowa city. Mark, this drug could really change some lives . Yes, one family that has been driving to iowa city for months for the Clinical Trial of this drug say. It already has. Geryson kammer is a 5 year old kid. And full of energy. Nats playing greyson, who has a rare form of muscular dystrophy, and his mom and dad live in indiana but theyve spent a lot of time in iowa city lately. Weve been coming to iowa for 64 weeks to get experimental medication that just recently got approved. Doctors say this new drug in the muscles of young boys with duchenne muscular dystrophy. This is really one of the first classes of drugs that will be a specific therapy for duchenne muscular dystrophy. Greysons parents say most boys his age with the condition. Arent bouncing around at age 5 like he is. Some boys probably never get off the ground, its kind of nice to know this medicine is helping giving him his independence. Greyson is often on the move now. Bringing tears to his mothers eyes as she thinks about how he recently climbed the stairs on his own. Weve noticed a lot of gross motor things, him being able to handle, running and not falling, thats been the other thing. But the big question remains whats next. Many people with muscular dystrophy end up in wheel chairs in their preteens. Doctors say, the trial still has a way to go. And many of those answers just arent there yet. The enrollment is still ongoing for the phase three trial, and some of the biopsies are not done for 4872 weeks after the treatment is started, so the final analysis of the phase three treatment will be a long time from now. Some fda advisors say they there has been some controversy surrounding the approval, with some fears that it could lead to some false hope for a lot of families. In iowa city, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. Filling a need. A new cedar rapids homeless shelter will help people who have been waiting months for a safe space. Have you been seeing more deer on the roads lately . A new report shows iowa has the fourth highest number of deer crashes closer to opening its new womens shelter. The Organization Says this will help get women, and women with waiting months. Were glad that we can open our womens shelter its going to be for women only, but that will free up beds at catholic worker house, especially where they can take in more women accompanied with children the house will be next door to mission of hopes mens shelter on park court. And will have up to 14 beds. Organizers hope to have it up and running next month. Iowa drivers already know the chances of hitting a other states. But the actual odds may surprise you. State farm insurance says your yearly odds of hitting a deer are 1 in 68. Iowa has the 4th highest vehicledeer collision rate in the country. The average repair bill, nationwide, is just under four thousand dollars. One cedar rapids body shop owner had a runin with a deer in his classic hot rod last year in neighboring illinois. And he says his experience is much like describe when they bring in their own wrecked vehicles. The deer came right out of the field, right out of the ditch and into the side of us the state farm survey found iowa had the third highest deervehicle collision rate in 2015. The state of pennsylvania passed iowa this year. November, during mating season, is the most dangerous month for accidents, followed by october. Meteorologist joe winters joins us now. Joe, what can people heading stay with your 24 hour news fog will not be an issue tonight, but rain will. A warm front lifts to the north bringing the best chance for showers and storms along and no effect for this area through thursday evening where 23 of rain will be common. Locally higher totals are certainly possible. Drier weather heads in for friday and saturday with storms again possible late on sunday. Have a great night tonight chance of storms, mainly north. Wind s 510. Low 67 tomorrow partly cloudy with a chance of storms, mainly north. Humid. Wind s 515. High 87 tom. Night chance of storms. Wind s 510. Low 67 low 67 friday mostly sunny. High 86 low 64 saturday mostly sunny. High 85 low 64 sunday storms late in the day, otherwise partly sunny. High 79 low 65 monday mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. High 74 low 59 tuesday partly cloudy. High 69 low 51 wednesday partly cloudy. High its been three days since Scott Westerberg explains, the hawkeyes arent dwelling on the past. As depressing as saturdays loss was for the hawkeye faithful, trust me, the coaches and players felt worse. Nobodys more disappointed than the players and coaches. Its youre affected by it. The big thing about anytime you get disappointed in sports or life, you got to move on at some point. And it didnt take long for c. J. Beathard to remember that saturday wasnt the end of the world. That lesson came courtesy of his little sister. Shes six and she comes up to me, she calls me, googoo and she says, googoo, googoo, guess what . and im like, what . What, tatum . and she like, i got three pictures with herky , and im like she has no idea what just happened. Its innocent on. Iowas team rule allows for 24 hours to either celebrate a win or sulk in a loss, so by now, the hawkeyes have turned the page because theres still a conference title to play for. Were starting big ten play this week and weve moved passed north dakota state, and were excited to get back on the field and hopefully get a win and get that taste back in our mouth. Were all on the clock. Everybodys on the clock and ifo doesnt help you much for moving forward. Everybodys down after the game but now were focusing that anger, putting more energy into this week, try to forget about last week and just understand what we need to do to be able to win games, to be able to move on and be a better team. Because as the hawks know, wallowing in saturdays shocking loss wont make this week any easier. In iowa city, Scott Westerberg tv9 sports. The iowarutgers game will the uni Football Team will have a bye this week but what a start it has been for uni defensive tackles Karter Schult in just three games schult has record 7 sacks and has 13 tackles for a loss. Coach farley has high praise for the 64 270 pounder out of tripola. Karter shult, hes in the same mold in the same type of mindset as and talent set as these guys playing today on sunday afternoons, he fits that same temperament. How he came in here a made himself into the player he is today. He practices as hard as he plays and trains as hard as he plays and those are the ones that make it when they get their opportunity in the nfl. So yes, there is no question, i think he is the most legitimate one on the Football Team thats an nfl prospect on this Football Team and finally its time to announce three new finalist for the kcrg tv9 toyota. All three Football Players athlete number one is lisbon senior Blake Langhurst who had 5 catches for 127 yards and also scored three touchdowns including a pick six in the win over north linn. Athlete number two is midlands connor harms who is one of the top receivers in the state with 31 catches for 405 yards and 8 touchdowns. And athlete number 3 is west Branch Running back luke leknoch who had 285 yards rushing and a record 6 touchdowns in the win over kcrg. Com and i will feature the winner thursday night at 10 00. Thanks scott. Now heres a look at todays most viewed web stories on kcrg dot com. Stay with your 24hour sheldon, your foods getting cold. Ill eat later. Right now, im suckling at the informative bosom of mother physics. Its hot when sheldon talks dirty. So, i found this web site where you send them pictures, they sculpt your head and make an action figure out of you. How awesome is that . Oh, let me see. Yeah, you can pick your wardrobe. You can even choose your accessories. chuckles leonard, you can get a little asthma inhaler. Oh, this is neat. Think about all the Action Figures weve bought over the years. It would be kind of cool to have ones that look like us. Dont you think . Yeah, if thats your idea of whats cool, you should get one. Yeah, so, im out. What do you think, sheldon . Want an action figure that looks just like you . Would it come with kungfu grip . No