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The sentencing date has been set for a Pella woman convicted on a First Degree Murder charge. Michelle Boat is scheduled to come back to Marion County District Court on Thursday, July 1st at 1 p.m. First Degree Murder in Iowa carries an automatic sentence of life in prison without parole, however, the hearing will allow a victim impact statement to be read by the family if they so choose. Michelle killed Tracy Mondabaugh of Ottumwa, the girlfriend of her estranged husband Nicholas, on the night of May 18th, 2020, outside of the Glenwood Street Apartments in Pella. Hear a recap from the trial on the Let’s Talk Pella podcast here from the show that aired this past Wednesday on 92.1 KRLS.
By Chris Turner
May 11, 2021
A Pella woman has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of her estranged husband s girlfriend.
Michelle Boat was accused of stabbing and killing Tracy Mondabaugh in 2020.
Mondabaugh, from Ottumwa, was Boat s estranged husband s girlfriend.
The jury came back with a verdict in less than an hour on Tuesday.
A sentencing date has not been set yet.
Michelle Boat after hearing she s been found guilty of Murder in the First Degree on May 11th, 2021. Photo by Court TV/Pool Reporter
Guilty in the First Degree. The verdict was given by the jury in the murder trial of 56-year-old Michelle Boat of Pella after just over 43 minutes of deliberation in Marion County District Court this afternoon at approximately 3 p.m. The charge carries a life sentence without parole. Boat killed Tracy Mondabaugh of Ottumwa on May 18th, 2020. Stay tuned to 92.1 KRLS for additional coverage.
Michelle Boat after hearing she s been found guilty of Murder in the First Degree on May 11th, 2021. Photo by Court TV/Pool Reporter
Guilty in the First Degree. The verdict was given by a jury in the murder trial of 56-year-old Michelle Boat of Pella after approximately 43 minutes of deliberation in Marion County District Court Tuesday afternoon.
The charge carries a life sentence without parole. Boat killed Tracy Mondabaugh of Ottumwa on May 18th, 2020, the woman who was dating Michelle’s estranged husband Nicholas at the time, 69 days after he left their home on Prairie Street in Pella.
Julie Kuiper was the key eyewitness of the May 18th incident, testifying that she saw a woman–later identified as Michelle Boat, outside of a parked truck with a bloody face that caused her hair to stick up.