Morning at a home near the corner of west first and helmer. Where they found mace suffering stab wounds. He was taken to Mercy Medical center where he died. 10 houou later. Police apprehended the man they believe to be responsible, 47year old eliase wanatee. Who was booked on 1st degree murder charges yesterday afternoon. Wanatee has a previous criminal record. Including a Second Degree murder conviction which he served 10 years for. Abc9 News Reporter Christina Grijalva brings us details from the case and reactions from the victims family i never in my life would have imagined. A sioux city man was fatally stabbed on the 19hundred block of west first street early wednesday morning right down the way from his own front door. The victim was identified as vernon mace the father of verna hoffman. No more than a few feet awafrom where i sleep and i didnt hear anything, like i couldnt save him. I. The tragedy comes at the hand of someone maces family knows 47yearold elias wanatee, the husba
Scott low in northern and eastern siouxland with some light fog which has spread through the region. Temperatures are in the 30s throughout the area and most spots are above freezing. The planner displays highs getting into the lower 50s. Lukas scott its time now to check on your forecast. Lukas the nasty war of words among the republican president ial candidates is getting even nastier. Now donald trump is t teatening to take senator ted cruz to court. And cruz is daring mogul to do just here is the latest trail. donald trump r president ial candidate you cant lie about people like that, its it is a dramatic escalation. Donald trump d ted cruzs fight. Boiling over. Their war of words now being dominated by legal threats. sen. Ted cruz r presididtial candidate one of the things i look forwawa to most of all is posing donald trump. Cruz. Outright daring donald trump today. Sing go ahead sue me. sen. Ted cruz r president ial candidate so donald, i would encourage you, if you want to file
Relative. 47yearold Elias Wanatee is currently charged with 2nd degree murder in connection to the death of 50year old vernon mace, his nieces husband. Hes currently being held in the Woodbury County jail on an 800 thousand dollar bond. The stabbing took morning at a home on the westside. Court documents say mace suffered six stab wounds. He died at a local hospital. Tim we now know the cause of an Early Morning fire in sioux city. According to sioux city fire rescue a malfunctioning Electrical Appliance in the basement of the home is to blame. Fire crews responded to a structure fire at 3503 lafayette street just after 4 this mroning. Smoke was visiable on arrival but flames were quickly extinguish. The home suffered moderate smoke and water damage and the home is red tagged. Everyone made it out of the home safely, they were alerted by working smoke dectors sioux city fire rescue would like to remind residents to alarms to ensure they work in case of an emergency. Any sioux City Resi
Clinical research, were learning more about the human body than we ever knew before. But, theres relatively little explanation about why, for some people, the five senses are intertwined. Jenna tells us more in our top story. Jenna what color is wednesday . What do you smell when you hear your Favorite Song . Those questions might not make sense to you. But for a person with synesthesia, the world is experienced in a completely different way. More on two families livivg with this phenomenon. In tonightht special yourhealth matters. Soren peterson grew up assuming everyone knew that the number two is lime gen. While you and i just see black numbers on a page,or this 8th grader, algebra homework is alive with color. Soren says, for blue one and a maroon three. It wasnt until his parents caught part of a tv program about the soren realized what he experieced was different. Soren says, i said, oh, i see like that right now we dont exactly understandwhatats happening in ur brain or why cert
Charged with a sex crime, he had been charged twice for sexualassualt t wisconsin back n the 90s. He has also been convicted twice of failing to register as a sex offender in Woodbury County, back in 2006 and 2007. Hes currently being held in the Woodbury County jail on a 50,000 bond and is due back in court on march 7th. Tim on cam theres news concerning two upcoming races right here in siouxland. Iowa senator Rick Bertrand from sioux city says hes considering his future options and that includes a look at iowas 4th district congressional seat currently held by fellow republican steve king. And make sure to tune into this week in siouxland sunday at 9 where well talk more, and thats all right here on abc9 tim two orange city republicans say they hope to win election to iowa house dist 4 covering most of sioux city. Both 54 year old Jeff Vanderweerf and 22 year old skyler wheeler are from orange city. Venderweergf a professor of political sciene at nmorthwestern college and eeler who i