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Cedar Rapids man sentenced to 50 years for stabbing neighbor
Theodore Gathercole, 52, was sentenced by Judge Stephen Jackson Jr. to 50 years after a jury found him guilty of first degree robbery, attempted murder, and willful injury causing serious injury for stabbing 72-year-old Frederick Rottmiller on June 16. Rottmiller, who uses a wheelchair due to spinal damage, testified his life expectancy is shortened and he faces further hospitalizations and surgeries. Gathercole claimed mistaken identity and showed no remorse. The judge ordered consecutive sentences with 70 percent before parole eligibility.
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Cedar Rapids
Frederick Rottmiller
Rottmiller
Theodore Gathercole
Gathercole
Sixth Judicial District
Stephen Jackson Jr
Iowa
Jackson
Linn County
Nick Maybanks