Best arguments today to close the case. And nothing was off limits. Limits. He planned and he premeditated the murder of lynnsey donald, that is he had plenty of time to think about what he was going to do before he did it. It. When you investigate a little bit further is that nick obviously suffers from a severe illness and disease and so theres much more to this case. Still, the state argued luerkens Mental Health was not an excuse for his crime. Crime. Even dr. Rosell admitted that despite his depression he still had the mental capacity to understand that he was committing a crime. The Surveillance Video and the notebook that had luerkens allegedly plotting to kill donald was shown to the jury again. But the defense fired back, saying thats not the full story. Story. They act as if all you need is a video and a journal and that is not the case in this situation, thats not your job. Your job is to consider all the evidence. Evidence. In this case, the defendant Nicholas Luerkens has
Now an update to a storyrybs 2 news broke in october. The iowa state trooper who shot at a car in riverside has been cleared of any wrongdoing. The Iowa Attorney Generals Office now says t t trooper was stified because another officers safety was in jeopardy. The shooting followed a high speed chase that ended at gas station. Thats w ere the driver of the car rammed into a Johnson County deputys squad car. The trooper shot out the cars back tire to keep the suspects from getting away. Officers arrested three people that day. Another big night of High School Football could require some extra layers. Chief meteorologist terry swails is here now with a first look your cbs 2 weather right now, investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a major fire that destroyed an amana landmark. Fire crews responded to the amana golf club and event cent around 340 this morning. Cbs 2 News Reporter Mellaney Moore was in amana all day as firefighters worked to contain the blaze. Fire crews this m
Mellaney, what are they doing . Doinfifi crews have been working on this scene for hours. They say what theyre doing now is making sure there isnt any smoldering debris. Debris. The amana fire chief says they arrived to find the northern thihi of the building in flames. He says they had to use a hose from the south side at first because the smoke, flames and heat were too intense. It took about two hours and the help of the oxford, norway and fairfax Fire Departments bringing in water to fight the fire. More than thirty golf carts were also destroyed. The general manager says nobody should have been in the building at the time. He says he wowoered w bad the fire wouldlde as he drove toward the towering smoke. 1 10 you drive up here over the hill and you kind of see that theres maybe one wall of the clubhouse thats still standing. Its like. Wow. Thereeabsolutely nothing left. Left. Community members also told us they hope the building that stood here for 25 years will be rebuilt. Staff
Holidays approaching. Good evening. We begin tonight with two developing stories at this house. The rescues in the south and that desperate search at sea. The missing ship. Tonight, news discoveries here. Its a race against time to find 33 people on board, including 28 american, some of their faces right there. Tonight, officials saying the ship went down but families holding out hope. Authorities say they will not count out their will to survive. An empty lifeboat pulled from the ocean. A life ring pulled out as well. The remains of someone in a survival suit at sea. Why would the ship head into hurricane waters at all. Linzie janis tonight. Reporter tonight new images of this empty lifeboat with a giant hole in it belonging to the el faro. The coast guard saying today the cargo ship sank but they are still searching for survivors. So we are not looking for the vessel any longer. We modified our search to focus more on potential people in the water, life boats and life rafts. Also spo
Good evening. We begin tonight with two developing stories at this house. The rescues in the south and that desperate search at sea. The missing ship. Tonight, news discoveries here. Its a race against time to find 33 people on board, including 28 american, some of their faces right there. Tonight, officials saying the ship went down but families holding out hope. Authorities say they will not count out their will to survive. An empty lifeboat pulled from the ocean. A life ring pulled out as well. The remains of someone in a survival suit at sea. Why would the ship head into hurricane waters at all. Linzie janis tonight. Reporter tonight new images of this empty lifeboat with a giant hole in it belonging to the el faro. The coast guard saying today the cargo ship sank but they are still searching for survivors. So we are not looking for the vessel any longer. We modified our search to focus more on potential people in the water, life boats and life rafts. Also spotted a life ring and s