Homeless Des Moines man to plead guilty in 2019 homicide
Homeless Des Moines man to plead guilty in 2019 homicide April 25, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines man has agreed to plead guilty in a 2019 homicide as part of a deal with prosecutors. Court documents said Yancy Freland, 47, plans to plead guilty to attempted murder, manslaughter and two other charges in the grisly death of 23-year-old Marshal Aaron Terrell Johnson in an industrial area just south of downtown Des Moines. He was originally charged, along with Bryan Norris, 28, with first-degree murder in the case. Authorities have said Johnson was shot and had ...