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Cedar Rapids man murder trial focuses on 2007 Hawthorne Hills death
The trial of Curtis Padgett 42 hinges on a 2007 homicide at Hawthorne Hills where victim Dennis First 64 died from neck stabbing and blunt force trauma. Retired Cedar Rapids officer Steven Yardley testified First was found dead in a 60 degree apartment with blood around his upper body and a blood soaked oven mitt nearby, as the defense argues the evidence is circumstantial while prosecutors seek a first degree murder conviction.
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Cedar Rapids
Hawthorne Hills
Steven Yardley
Dennis First
Yardley
Curtis Padgett
C St. SW
Todd Weimer
Padgett
First
Weimer
Geneva Tower
Linn County
Jennifer Erger
Jonathan Thompson
Thompson
Stender
Robert Gross
Gross
David Palumbo
Palumbo
Nick Rohlman
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