Mystery endures in unsolved 1984 Cedar Rapids killing
Michelle Martinko, seen shopping at Westdale Mall the night of her murder, grew up in Cedar Rapids with friends from Kennedy High School. Police, detectives and a public safety history linger over prime suspects including Dennis McKee, while reinvestigations and lab tests failed to close the case.
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Sheraton
Westdale Mall
Martin Miller
Jefferson
Iowa
Miller
Todd Bergen
Tracy Price
Kennedy Choir
Michelle
Bergen
Cedar Rapids
Price
Martinko
Edgewood Road
Gary Stark
Stark
Linn County
Denver Dillard
New Jersey
Gary Hinzman
Dennis McKee
McKee
Iowa Men's Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Gazette
Bruce Kern
Dillard
Disappearances and Murders Highlight Weekend Crime
Thursday features the disappearances of three married women Jane Wakefield Lynn Schuller and Denise Fraley. Friday covers two missing boys Guy Heckle and Johnny Gosch. Saturday reports murders tied to drugs involving John Wall and Ron Novak with families of the murdered and missing sharing coping stories.
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Jane Wakefield
Lynn Schuller
Denise Fraley
Guy Heckle
Johnny Gosch
John Wall
Ron Novak
Clinton clears two industrial states in primary rout
Clinton won decisive victories in Michigan and Illinois with strong showings among black voters and blue collar workers. Tsongas and Brown trailed, Brown warning Clinton’s campaign would not wait to raise hell, while Bush extended his delegate path as undecided and minor candidates faded.
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Clinton
Paul Tsongas
Jerry Brown
South
Arkansas
Illinois
Alan Dixon
Carol Moseley Braun
Cook County Recorder of Deeds
Braun
Senate
Gus Savage
Mel Reynolds
Chicago
Michigan
Tsongas
Gov
Brown
California
Little Rock
CNN
Washington
Bush
George Stephanopoulos
Connecticut
Kansas
Wisconsin
New York
Hartford
Buchanan
David Duke
America
Angela Buchanan
NBC
Drownings Stun Families After Dam Boat Capsizes
A boat with Ellis Staton and Brogan Ramseyer capsized near a dam while fishing. Rescuers faced strong undertow and darkness as the search continued. Ellis’s mother described a mother’s worst nightmare while awaiting news. Brogan’s fiancée Rhonda Hamner recalled their engagement and postponed plans.
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Brogan
Mehaffey Bridge
Ellis
West High School
Solon High School
Ramseyer
Iowa City
Rhonda Hamer
Hills
Johnson County
Robert Carpenter
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North Liberty
Carpenter
Coralville
Karen Koontz
Hall Home Furnishings
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