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A Creston man was sentenced to life in prison for shooting a Des Moines man and leaving his body on the side of a rural Madison County road last year.
Gerald Parker, 42, was charged in July with first-degree murder and robbery in the death of Jonathan Hoffman, 39. Hoffman was found July 21 with multiple gunshot wounds near the intersection of Grandview Lane and Macksburg Road.
Parker was sentenced March 3 to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He was also sentenced to 25 years in prison on the robbery charge and was ordered to pay $150,000 to Hoffman s family.
In February, a jury convicted Parker on both counts. A woman told investigators that she was in a truck with Parker when they picked up Hoffman in Des Moines to give him a ride to Creston, according to a criminal complaint.
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A Creston man has been convicted of murder for shooting a Des Moines man and leaving him on the side of a rural Madison County road last year.
Gerald Parker, 42, was charged in July with first-degree murder and robbery in the death of Jonathan Hoffman, 39. Hoffman was found July 21 with multiple gunshot wounds near the intersection of Grandview Lane and Macksburg Road.
Parker s trial began Feb. 2 and concluded Tuesday, and was held in a building at the Madison County fairgrounds to allow adequate space for jurors and parties to maintain social distancing.