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Footwear evidence ties Padgett boots to 2007 Cedar Rapids slaying
A retired Iowa criminalist linked a bloody shoeprint to Curtis Padgett's boots, suggesting contact with wet blood at Dennis First's Cedar Rapids apartment on May 11, 2007. Testimony described boot stippling patterns, mold design, and size matching as key links in the case, with Padgett waiving his right to a jury trial.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Curtis Padgett
Dennis First
Dennis Kern
First
C St
Padgett
Kern
6Th Judicial District
Ian Thornhill
Thornhill
Matt Denlinger
Boots
Hawthorne Hills
David Palumbo
Denlinger
Palumbo
Patrick McMullen
Linn County
Nick Rohlman
the Gazette