From the scene of his mothers murder, showed up at her house. My husband called me and said ashton had went to ththdoor, said that nick had stabbed and killed his mom and put the porkchops in the refrigerator. My husband called and`told me, well really its a seven year old telling us what had happened. Happened. The defense claims a mix of alcohol and anti depressants made luerkens violent. Testimony will continue tomorrow. Murders, shootings and other violent aas have grabbed a lot of headlines in the corridor in recent years. Years. In cedar rapids alone, 89 reports of shots fired in 2015. 2015. Whe almost everyone agrees the violence hasasto stop, some e stepping up and doing something about it. Reporter dora miller takes a closer look at the Community Efforts effortsin this fox 28 news special report. Report. Children are innocent thats how we picture themem its how we want to see them. We dont want to believe they could be capable of heinous crimesa but in early september, cedar r
A plot to kill her. The first witness the defense called was luerkens mother. She claimed her son was in a bad place after losing his job and going through a divorce he even asked her to help him kill himself. Close friends of donald they had no idea he was capable of this especially in front of her son. Larry y ltzdonald and son lived with his familyashton, when i asked him where his mother was he said nick had stabbed her and killed her. Heres porkchops to stick in the refrigerator. The defense claims mixing alcohol and antipressants made luerkens violent. Theyll begin closing statements tomorrow morning. Covering the corridor. People in cedar rapids say theyre tired of living with constant gun violence. Earlier this year, 15year old Aaron Richardson was shot and killed and the person suspected of killing him a year younger than richardson. The washington hihi School Students death is just one of six homicides this year and standing here watching this kid bleed last night, its not a
Investigators also prented evidence of ramblings in a notebo luererns had made after the couples relationship ended. Theres a little star off to the left and it says think about ways to kill lynnsey, so ways to track her down. Belolothat, again in large letters it says f life and this time underlined, it says lynnsey dies. dies. the defense claims mixing alcohol and anti depressasas made luerkens violent. Testimony will resume tomorrow morning. Look for the latest development in the case tomorrow on cbs 2 iowa dot com and the news at noon. Murders, shootings and other violent acts have grabbed a lot of headlines in the corridor in recent years. Years. In cedar rapids alone, 89 reports of shots fired in 2015. While almost everyone agrees the viololce has to stop, some are stepping up and doing something about it. In a story you will see only on cbs 2 news newsreporter dora miller takes a closer look at the community efforts. Efforts. Children are innocent thths w we picture them its how
Megan mth grath is live in frederick where all the new developments are happening. Good morning to you. Reporter barbara, it valley rather quiet on campus both at Frederick High School and West Frederick Middle School. Only teachers inside those schools today. Students have been given the day off so police can continue with their investigation. Students were gathered for basketball when suddenly shots rang out fwop students hit. Theyre going to be okay recovering from injury but police are still looking for the person or people who fired those shots. Taking down police tape as teachers reported to work. But students at frederick high they got the day off. So did kids at West Frederick Middle School right next door. The two schools closed to limit foot and car traffic near the scene of the shooting so that police can continue to search for clues. We believe they fled the immediate area on foot. So we have estimating which pathing twhoehey would have taken. Were do a more specific thorou
Could just be beginning. And let the boonanza begin. Its halloween morning and exactly 20 years since today dressed up and were marking the occasion with a reveal thats been decades in the making. Today friday, october 31st, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today, halloween boonanza. With matt lauer, and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a. A friday morning, happy halloween everyone. Im matt lauer along with hoda kotb, al roker, natalie morales. Marching band out there . A band outside. What a crowd you guys. A way to celebrate on the plaza. People dressed up, were going to show you them. One of the shows that starts one way and ends differently. Our crew getting in the act as well. Well have a lot of fun. 8 00 hour today. Everybodys halloween but were thinking christmas. We moved ahead. Merry christmas, honey. Lets start on a friday morning with our top story. That dramatic end to the nearly two month old search for eric frein suspected of ambushing two tr