Ryan a memorial he built in honor of his son zachary, who was stabbed to death in 2014. Stephen jonass conviction meant up to 50 years in prison. Paulsen imagined a difficult life behind bars for his sons killer. I feel like hes in a country club compared to where he should be. After everything we went through with the murder of our son, the trial, everything, this was like a slap in the face to us. Ryan we found out jonas is serving time at the newton correctional facility a medium , security prison. Polk county attorney john sarcone says jonas is a sexual predator and poses a risk to poses a Security Risk to other inmates. My concern is other young men that might fall victim to him. Maybe not in the sense of a murder, but certainly in advances made toward them. Ryan the doc responding tonight saying, length of sentence is one of the many criteria when determining placement of offenders. After initial placement following admission, the iowa continues to evaluate each offenders placeme
Roads excuse me, blue is partially covered, pink is totally covered. Plenty of slick roads. Stacey right now violent criminals face a major reduction in mandatory time served. Its part of a proposed shakeup to iowas mandatory minimum sentencing laws. Steve kccis ryan smith is live in the newsroom to show us why the county Attorney Says this a Public Safety concern. Ryan the proposal would cut mandatory sentences for some violent felonies including kidnapping, attempted murder, and seconddegree murder. We have to be protected from violent criminals. Ryan strong words from the attorney, reacting to a house file 2171. The bill would slash the states mandatory sentence of 70 timeserved to 30 . For example a seconddegree murder conviction carries a 50 year sentence, 35 years mandatory. If passed, and if and it could are we best served by keeping the mayor, taking up a bed, better to maybe put more money into community corrections. Ryan representative mary wolf hopes lawmakers will consider
Fathers death. Tonight dozens of people watched as grays attorney Bruce Stoltze argued that shouldnt matter. Bruce stoltze everyday she lives without her father. There is no father around her to support her. There is no father to see her at her birthdays. Laura the lawsuit raises another important question when a person in iowa can bring a medical malpractice lawsuit. Current law says two years. Gray filed hers four years later, something baldis Attorney Says should not be allowed. Eric hoch we believe that the statute of limitations. Its not ambiguous. The court has been down thth road before with schultz, its an analysis that holds true. Laura when pressed by the justices, stoltze argued a discovery rule, meaning in death cases, he thinks the family should have two years after they discover possible malpractice to file a suit. 45 minutes of arguments later, all went as well as it could have gone. Dr. Daniel baldi i thought the questions that the justices were asking were very good an
Her husbands unfaithfulness. I call her phone, i text it at least a couple times a day, hoping shell text me back but knowing she wont. But still to the point that i text her every once in a while to say hey, mom, i miss you and , i love you. Mark he says he originally wished his stepfather had died from his Bullet Wounds but hes changed his mind. Id rather be completely satisfied to know hes in prison, hes never going to see the light of day, hes never going to do the things he wants , and he has to sit in a room with bars on it for the rest of his life. Yeah, im glad it didnt kill him. Elizabeth greg russelllane says his mother told his stepfather she wanted a divorce the day she and her daughter were killed. Fraakens next Court Appearance is scheduled for march 4. Developing story in central kansas. Police say at least four people are dead and as many as 14 are plant, in hesston. The suspected gunman, reportedly an excel employee, was later shot and killed by police. Investigators s
Its the final resting place for hundreds of loved ones. Laurel Hill Cemetery is tucked away on the citys east side. She got diagnosed with leukemia and it was a fast , process that took her life. Ryan Nathan Foster visits his mother at the centuryold site once a month. Something for me, my sister, and family to remember her by. Ryan but his latest visit took a frustrating turn. Operators of this machinery to dig is not respectful at all. It kind of pisses me off. Ryan in a video posted online, foster documented an area where workers recently dug a new grave site. You can see the path shows machine tracks rolled over at least two flat stones, both just steps away from fosters mothers resting place. After only a few minutes here at the cemetery, we spotted additonal tracks left by heavy machinery that appear to have rolled over multiple grave stones. Just have any respect for that person. Ryan turns out the cemetery is owned by the city of des moines. Department. Were told action is now