Is justice served. A father speaks out against the man who claimed the life of his son. Tragic accident. A farm accident in Clarke County claims a life today. How it happened. And the efforts to save him. Missing teen. The search continues for a missing 17yearold boy. What the teenager was doing before his disappearance. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 good evening. Im lynn melling. Thank you for joining us tonight. The family of a murder victim is speaking out tonight. Saying they believe justice has not been served. In september. 50 year old Stephen Jonas was sentenced to 50 years in prison for stabbing and killing 21 year old zach paulsen in august of 2014. At the time. The victims family thought the punishment fit the crime. That is until a few weeks ago. Justin surrency has more. The memory remains fresh. I found him, my sons body laying against the fence, this is where he was murdered. In september, a jury made 50 year old s
The august 2014 murder of zach paulsen charging him with 2nd degree murder and 50 year sentence. I thought hed go to a maximum security prison because it was a very violent crime, he stabbed him 35 times. Jonas was sent to the medium level security newton correctional facility. It just shocked us, i read about newton and its a place to rehabilitate people. Hell have cell mates and 45 hours of free time. Fred scaletta, assistant director of the department of corrections described the placement process saying quote, it is more about the offenders history and current behavior that determines their custody level and facility placement; along with the specific rehabilitation needs that each institution provides when they evaluated him, i think he lied his way through that and got them to believe he was in harm. I think he got to go where he wants to go. Scaletta says that there correctional facility with a violent offense, 102 serving sentences of 40 years or longer and 31 inmates serving l