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PLYMOUTH CO. -- Testimony from witnesses began Thursday, Sept. 8, in the trial of Thomas Knapp, who is charged with first degree murder in the death of his stepson, Kevin Juzek, on May 11, 2020. The...
A Pella woman convicted of stabbing her estranged husband's girlfriend to death last year has been sentenced to life in prison. Prosecutors said during the trial that Mondabough's blood was found in Boat's car and that Boat's DNA was found in Mondabough's hair. ► Previously: "It was intentional. It was malicious. And it achieved what the defendant wanted to achieve," assistant Marion County Attorney Jared Harmon said during closing arguments, "which is to put out of (Boat's) way the one person and the one thing that she believed was standing in the way of her reunion (with) Nick Boat." A...
Jealous wife is found GUILTY of first degree-murder for stabbing her estranged husband's younger girlfriend and claiming COVID lockdown made her 'snap' It took Iowa jury about 45 minutes to find Michelle Boat, 59, guilty of first-degree murder on Tuesday Boat was handcuffed in courtroom and remanded into custody of sheriff pending her sentencing; conviction carries mandatory life sentence Boat admitted to being responsible for the death of her husband's new girlfriend, Tracy Mondabough, 46, in May 2020 She argued that she was in extreme emotional distress due to the pandemic Boat, who wor...
Photo of Michelle Boat being cross examined by Marion County Attorney Ed Bull on May 10th, 2021. Photo by Court TV/Pool Reporter. Michelle Boat took the stand Monday in defense of her killing of Tracy Mondabaugh, attempting to convince the jury that the First Degree Murder charge is too severe. — Attorney Jill Eimermann: “In the opening statement I had said that you were not a scorned woman, at some point did you use the word scorned in your interview with police?” Boat: “I did, I did…because he just threw me away like trash, and like I’d never been his wife, like I didn’t have ...
Photo of Michelle Boat being cross examined by Marion County Attorney Ed Bull on May 10th, 2021. Photo by Court TV/Pool Reporter. Michelle Boat took the stand today in defense of her killing of Tracy Mondabaugh, attempting to convince the jury that the First Degree Murder charge is too severe. — Attorney Jill Eimermann: “In the opening statement I had said that you were not a scorned woman, at some point did you use the word scorned in your interview with police?” Boat: “I did, I did…because he just threw me away like trash, and like I’d never been his wife, like I didn’t have h...