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Special Agent Matthew Schalk with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation testified Thursday in Zackery Bassett’s first-degree murder trial. Schalk interrogated Bassett in Kansas in November 2018.
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Special Agent Matthew Schalk with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation testified Thursday in Zackery Bassett s first-degree murder trial. Schalk interrogated Bassett in Kansas in November 2018.
WEBSTER CITY The jury spent most of Thursday listening to defendant Zackery Bassett’s interview with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, where he offered an alternate account in the 2018 death of girlfriend Andrea Sokolowski.
But even after a 12-pack of beer, half a bottle of whiskey, meth use and sleep deprivation, the interrogation replayed for the jury offered no confession only the angry and at times belligerent defendant maintaining his denial in her death, which he said occurred during the
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Defense attorney Michelle Wolf cross examines victim Andrea Sokolowski’s ex-husband in a fiery exchange out of the jury’s presence during an offer of proof. -Messenger photo by Elijah Decious
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Special Agent Jim Thiele listens to a recording of a voicemail during cross examination by defense attorneys.
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Defense attorney Michelle Wolf cross examines victim Andrea Sokolowski s ex-husband in a fiery exchange out of the jury s presence during an offer of proof.Â
WEBSTER CITY As state witnesses described the warning signs of domestic abuse leading up to Andrea Sokolowski’s 2018 death, the defense attempted to disparage the credibility of key witnesses and the victim herself through conversations in front of the jury and out of its presence.