The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. MARION — On a day that authorities implicated three men in the kidnapping and killing last weekend of a ...

LAURA. ALL RIGHT. TODD. THANK YOU. WELL, NEW AT FIVE IN EASTERN IOWA, TWO OF THE THREE MEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION TO THE DEATH OF A WOMAN IN LINN COUNTY ARE PLEADING NOT GUILTY. DAKOTA VAN PATTEN IS ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Melody Hoffman may have not seen her killer coming at her with a paracord because the autopsy showed the ligature marks on her neck indicated she was strangled from behind. Dr. Kelly ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Thursday marked the second day of witness testimony in the trial of Dakota Van Patten. He is charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping and conspiracy to commit a ...

LINN COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - Two of the three men charged in connection to the death of a 20-year-old Marion woman have pleaded not guilty. Dakota Van Patten, 18, who is charged with first-degree murder ...

MARION, Iowa (KWWL) - The community of Marion will be coming together to remember the life of Melody Hoffman on Thursday. A candlelight vigil will be held at Wanatee Park at 5 p.m. The public is asked ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three Iowa men were arrested in connection to the kidnapping and killing of a 20-year-old woman whose body was found dumped near a ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KWWL) -- McKinley Louisma, one of the men charged with the murder of Marion woman Melody Hoffman, has been convicted on all counts. Louisma was convicted on Thursday on counts of ...

Trial begins Wednesday in the murder trial of one of the men accused of kidnapping and killing a Marion woman. Dakota Van Patten is charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy to ...

Smith is scheduled to be back in court November 25th. New Tonight- A jury has found áMcKinley Louismaá guilty of kidnapping and murdering 20- year-old Melody Hoffman. Her body was found at áAmana Lily ...

Two Iowa men have been arrested in connection to a woman's body being found near an Iowa County lake. According to the Iowa County Sheriff’s Office, authorities have identified the victim as Melody ...