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Des Moines, IA- The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of an Iowa City man who killed another man in a failed suicide attempt. Radio Iowa reports that investigators say Stephen Lucore drove his car the wrong way at a high rate of speed on I-80 in Johnson County in 2019. He hit another car head-on, killing a man from Texas and injuring three others. Lucore was found guilty of second-degree murder, and willful injury. He says he was only trying to kill himself, and the evidence didn't show he had the specific intent required to uphold the murder and injury convictions against h...

Lang 6/26/21 A trial date has been set for an Iowa City man accused of initiating a head-on collision on Interstate 80 that resulted in the death of a Texas man

04/05/21 A Johnson County judge has delayed trial for an Iowa City man accused of initiating a head-on collision on Interstate 80 in 2019 that resulted in the death of a Texas man. 33-year-old Stephen Lucore waived his right to a trial by jury on March 5 th., and trial was set for April 6 th.  On March 8 th. Lucore allegedly told authorities he was trying to kill himself the evening of June 16 th. He was driving his Hyundai Sonata eastbound in the westbound lanes without his headlights, traveling at 80 miles an hour when he collided with a Honda head-on. The driver, David Sawyer of Frisco Te...