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I“Hopefully, it’ll do absolutely nothing to the taste,” he said. “Potatoes are now almost perfect.Judge to determine fateof boyfriend in tot’s deathWATERLOO (AP) -Gary Buck was a troubled man who was involved with the occult when he killed his girlfriend’s son, his attorney said.Buck of Evansdale isaccused of killing Darren Gerdemann, 3, the son of his live-in girlfriend, Trenia Gerdemann. The body was found Nov. 25, 1991, wrapped in a garbage bag in a picnic cooler in the couple’s apartment.In closing arguments Tuesday, Carl Briner said his client should be found innocent by reason of insanity because he had nightmares about his home being filled with dead people.Briner said Buck was troubled because his apartment had been a funeral parlor at one time and someone wasonce killed in thebedroom.But Prosecutor Tom Ferguson said BuckHumphreyJewelrySALE 20% OFFENTIRE STOCKLay Aways Always Welcomecommitted a malicious, premeditated murder.Ferguson said Buck had to go get the air pellet gun that he shot Darren in the head with and pump it three time before pulling thetrigger.He said Buck then had to get the knife he used to cut Darren’s throat.In earlier testimony, witnesses said Buck first shot Darren Gerdemann in the head with a pellet gun after the boy had misbehaved.Police have testified Buck told them he slashed the child’s neck to stop him from screaming and “stop his suffering,” then held him over the edge of a bathtub and let him bleed to death. Testimony indicated the pellet wound likely would not have resultedin hospital treatment.Buck waived his right to a jury trial. Black Hawk County District Court Judge JamesBauch heard the four-day case.Bauch said it would be about two weeks before he rules on the case.♦ Survivors of domestic abuse44
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Fort Madison Daily Democrat
Fort Madison, Iowa, US
Wed, May 27, 1992
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