Because he suffers from a mental disorder. His attorneyiled for a competency hearing last week. A judge granted that request, and scheduled the hearing for april 4th. Police say betwell attacked krapfl while she was walking near her home backn september. They say betwell admitted to raping and killing her, because he had Nothing Better to do. He faces life in prison if convicted. Authorities are searching for two inmates who escaped from the newton correctional release center. They say Michael Amodeo and jessy foley were missing from a routine inmate count last night. Amodeo is serving a 10 year sentence, and foley is seseing a 27 year sentence on drug related charges. An operation quickfind is still in effect for 17year old leslie pettie. Cedar Rapids Police says she was last seen thursday morning at her home in the 39 hundred block of falbrook drive northeast. Shes 5 foot 9, and weighs about 130 pounds. Police a Dodge Stratus with the license plate duk 126. If you know where she is,
There could be a few scattered flurries overnight otherwise mostly cloudy through the night. Could still be a few slick spots on the roads tonight and early tomorrow morning, especially on some side streets so use caution. Temperatures tonight will be steadily in the teens and near a huge crash this afternoon on interstate 80 while the snow was still falling. Falling. It shut down the west bound lanes just west branch. Branch. Viewers sent us these photos as they waited in a long line of cars for the wreckage to be cleared. Emergency crews say nearly thiry vehicles were involved including at least one semi. We know there are injuries but the state patrol isnt saying how many. Interstate 80 is open again tonight. New developments tonight in the death of Supreme Court justice antonnin scalia. A judge with ties to cedar rapids may be on the short list for a replacement. Jane kelly is a federal Appeals Court judge. Before that she served as a federal public defender in cedar rapids. She wa
Big crash crashalong interstate 80 Near West Branch sunday. Sunday. It shut down the west bound lanes while crews cleared the crash site. Site. Viewers sent us these waiting in a long line of cars. Right now the state patrol says three separate crashes happened involving more than 30 cars. Three people were hurt but authorities are not saying how seriously. All three collisions are being investigated. In central iowa a man was seriously injured while riding a snowmobile. Mobile. 35yearold damoin louk was driving along highway 30 just west of boone at about 60milesperhour when the left front ski caught deep snow throwing him 150 feet off the snowmobile. His helmet came off during the accident and he was flown to a des moines hospital. Right now multiple agencies are investigating. Developing news this morning on the death of Supreme Court justice antonin scalia. The top elected official in the texas county where scalia was found dead now says scalia died of natrual causes. Causes. Becau
A dream the family couldnt wake up from. Forced to celebrate life, and grieve death, at the same time. We would have to ask a nurse to go and get our daughters body from the morgue, or wherever they were keeping her cooled, Jeremy Cotter said. Precious time for a grieving family. But, that grief led to an act of generosity. Last month, the cotters started fundraising for whats called a cuddle cot. Made in the uk, the device allows a childs body to be cooled, at a mothers bedside, preserving the body so it wont decompose. Her back to the morgue. Every time we were visiting with her, lisa cotter said. The cotters hope they can help other families, dealing with a loss, by donating lukes, in sioux city. We would have been able to have her with us whenever we wanted to see her, Jeremy Cotter said. Mercy Medical Center already has one. And, the cotters hope, one day, theyll be available to every grieving family in their time of need. The cotters will donate the cuddle cot to st. Lukes, in el
Commute a little on the slick side. Today will also bbing some gradual sunshine that wont yield much in the way of warmth with highs only in the teens. Tonight is when the real cold arrives with lows dipping below zero and wind chills reaching into the 10s and 20s in most spots, so bundle up if youre going out tonight we wont get much relief from said temperatures tomorrow either as we introduce flurries and snow showers during the day. Its saturday night when the main snow system will move through mainly our northern and easternmost counties, so you folks could see anywhere from 24 inches of the white stuff. The rest of us including those in around sioux city will get a bit less than that as this completely exits sunday morning. The rest of valentines day will bring a brisk south breeze and finally some better warming into the 30s that will stick around next week and eventually warm into the 40s see graphics. Wx timer 40 the sioux city teen accused of shooting cop early sundy morning