In the trial of a man accused of a heinous crime. Joe lopez is charged with first degree murder and child endangerment causing death. Prosecutors say lopez assaulted his girlfriends daughter in november of 2014. The 1 year fracture and broken ribs. The little girl later died at the hospital. He says she fell from her high chair. But prosecutors say her injuries arent consistent with an accident. In waukee, the first man accused of murder in forty years appeared in court today. Brendan mcguinness appeared at his Pretrial Hearing in Dallas County this morning. Police say he shot and killed a man in the driveway of the mans home back in november. Mcguiness has pleaded not guilty. His trial is scheduled to begin february first. Fort dodge police are investigating an incident that had two victims held at gunpoint. The incident started in the 6hundred block of north 23rd street around 7 last night. And then police say the suspects forced one of the victims into his car and then drove him and
Starting the deadly fire. Police say on march fifth, yenger got into a fight at a party messer and anderson were having, then was kicked off the property. By 6 30 the following morning, neighbors said the house was up in flames. Anderson and messer, who were sleeping on the second floor, never made it out. Just goes to show when people think they get away with murder, were always there and look at things both messer and andersons family said theyre heartbroken by the news and to hear what actually happened all those years ago. Glad this case is going the direction it is. Its about real closure for families when asked if officials believe anymore charges are coming they said they dont believe so but the invesitgation is still ongoing. Both dye and yenger are being held here in Wapello County jail on 500,000 bond. From Wapello County Claire Powell local 5 news we are iowa stephanie 1shot according to iowa courts online, both men plead not guilty jack in your local headquarters. Jack stud
Good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im elias johnson. Elias our top story. The latest on the death of star hawkeye athlete tyler sash. Elias after sashs death in september, his family donated his brain to science. The football star was found inside of his oskaloosa home. His death attributed to an accidental mixture of two painkillers. Researchers looked for signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy or cte. A degenerative brain disease cauased by repeated trauma to the head thats been found in dozens of former nfl players. Elias according to a New York Times diagnosed sash and even more the disease had advanced to a seen in someone two of the doctors that conducted the exam, said the severity of cte was on par with former nfl star junior seau who comitted suicide of 43. We sat down with a doctor from Mercy Medical center to learn more about cte, which can cause 2 13 characterized by change in personality, cognition, physical function. 2 25 memory impairement
With highs falling back into the low 40s. There is still a large snow storm expected to impact iowa late monday through wednesday morning. The energy from this system still has to cross the entire Pacific Ocean so its still too early for reliable snowfall totals, but it is safe to say heavy accumulating snow is a possibility on tuesday. Elias lets get into the top five this morning. Elias to the statehouse. Whe re the back and forth over Education Funding has been sent to a special conference committee. Thats where the issue ended up years session, before legislators made a final decision. Meanwhile, a controversial bill has been brought up this session. The death with dignity act would allow for assisted suicide for those suffering from terminal illness. A similar bill came up last year, but didnt have enough support. Elias in the number two spot this morning. Elias the revelation about the brain health of tyler sash has become the latest case to add to the attention being drawn to fo
State have already issued tow bans. This is a current look at those bans from the iowa dot. Tow bans are in effect for most of the state north of highway 20. Theres also a tow ban parts of soututrn iowa like mahaska, keokuk, wapello and washington counties. Texas senator ted cruz was the clear winner from last nights iowa republic caucuses capturing more than a quarter of the caucus goers. While cruz took home 27 , donald trump who had been leading in nearly all of the iowa polling for the last two weeks finished second at 24 . Florida senator marco rubio captured a very third place at 23 percent. Whats the next step on the republican side . Science professor bruce nesmith. When you look at the republican map, its pretty diverse here orange counties going for cruz, blue counties for trump and a few in green for rubio davenport, iowa city, des moines and ames. When you look for last night because it seemed that trump underperformed. As they head into New Hampshire, where trump has a ver