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Prosecutor outlines plot in Luerkens murder trial
A Linn County prosecutor said Nicholas Luerkens armed with a large knife planned to ambush his former girlfriend Lynnsey Donald in an April 21 Marion Hy-Vee parking lot. He described a premeditated killing with a day planner listing harming Donald and her son. Witnesses described the brutal stabbing and Luerkens self inflicted wounds as officers responded.
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Phen Mally
the Gazette
Nicholas Luerkens
Sarah Hradek
David Grinde
Linn County
Luerkens
Lynnsey Donald
Marion Hy-Vee
Donald
Cedar Rapids
Jerry Vander Sanden
Marion
van der Sanden
Vander Sanden
Lynnsey
Hy-Vee
Teresa Micek
Clark
Michael Essex
Grinde
Essex
Nick Martens
Eric Breitbach