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CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia. — A man who prosecutors said stabbed a Cedar Rapids man to death in retaliation for a theft from a drug dealer was convicted Thursday of second-degree murder.
Drew Blahnik was also convicted of obstructing prosecution and abuse of a corpse in the death of Chris Bagley, 31, in December 2018.
Prosecutors said Blahnik killed Bagley at a mobile home outside Cedar Rapids and then buried his body, which was found in the backyard of a Cedar Rapids home in March 2019.
Investigators say Blahnik stabbed Bagley in retaliation for his robbery of a large-scale marijuana trafficker.