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The murder of Michelle Martinko occurred in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on December 19, 1979. It was a cold case until 2018, when familial DNA identified a suspect 39 years after the crime who was charged, tried and convicted of her murder.
Aug 8, 2021 · In the early hours of December 20, 1979, the body of 18-year-old Michelle Martinko was found in her car in the parking lot of a mall in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She was stabbed multiple times. The...
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Dec 19, 2019 · Four decades ago, 18-year-old Michelle Marie Martinko was found stabbed to death in the family's car in the parking lot of a Cedar Rapids mall. Exactly 39 years after her death, police took a...
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Over 40 years ago, teenager Michelle Martinko was stabbed to death outside a mall in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Her case went cold for decades until DNA testing finally brought her family some peace...
Feb 25, 2020 · DAVENPORT, Ia. — For nearly 40 years, the family of slain high schooler Michelle Martinko waited for an arrest. Then for proof. Then for a verdict. The wait ended Monday, when a jury convicted...
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Feb 25, 2020 · On Monday, thanks to advances in DNA technology, Martinko’s killer, Jerry Burns, 66, was brought to justice when a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder, the Des Moines Register...
On Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018 — the 39th anniversary of Michelle Martinko’s murder — police arrested and charged a Manchester man with first-degree murder in her death. Police arrested Jerry Lynn Burns, 64, on Wednesday morning in the decades-old fatal stabbing.