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Anna Sharma, 41, was fatally stabbed by her ex-husband BK Sitoula, 42, who unlawfully entered her home in Ankeny, Iowa. Sitoula then attempted suicide and later died from self-inflicted injuries. Police do not anticipate filing …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder-Suicide | Date: March 14, 2026
View DetailsOn January 16, 2026, Amber Nicole Martin, age 41, was fatally stabbed in her home in Coralville, Iowa. Her husband, James Fuller Martin, age 47 and recently employed as an assistant lab manager, was arrested …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Jan. 16, 2026
View DetailsSharon Jellue, 30, was found dead in her Ankeny apartment with apparent stab wounds. Johnson Chayee Browne, 32, her long-time live-in partner, was charged with her murder. Browne was already in custody on unrelated charges …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Jan. 5, 2026
View DetailsRichard James Hoesing, 75, of Perry, Iowa, admitted to police that he killed his wife, Jean Ann Hoesing, 74, by cutting her throat at their home. He stated he did so to 'put her out …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: March 14, 2025
View DetailsMelody Hoffman, a 20-year-old woman with a mild intellectual disability, was murdered after trusting her boyfriend McKinley Luisma and his accomplices. Luisma, along with Dakota Van Patten and Logan Kimpton, conspired to kill Melody. She …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Feb. 17, 2024
View DetailsOn October 8, 2022, 55-year-old Angela Marie Pritchard was shot and killed inside her pet boarding business, Mississippi Ridge Kennels, in Bellevue, Iowa. Her estranged husband, Christopher Eugene Pritchard, had engaged in a escalating pattern …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Oct. 8, 2022
View DetailsRyan Cooper was found shot twice in the face while sleeping in his recliner at home in Treyer, Iowa, on June 18, 2021. His wife, Karina Cooper, called 911 hysterically claiming an intruder had killed …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: June 18, 2021
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