News

KCRG on MSN3h
Blood splatter analysis and family testimony continues in Traer murder trial
A forensic analyst also walked the jury through how he used blood splatter analysis to determine what happened in the minutes ...
The Gazette1d
Friends testify Traer woman was verbally abusive to husband, some knew of affair
Several friends testify a Traer woman, on trial for killing her husband, testified Monday that they witnessed her being ...
Friends testify on state of marriage during Day 3 of Karina Cooper murder trial
Friends of Karina and Ryan Cooper say there were several signs of strain in the couple's marriage ahead of Ryan's June 2021 ...
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier4d
Texts, Snapchat messages implicate Traer woman, lover in her husband’s fatal shooting
CEDAR RAPIDS — Forensic evidence presented in court Thursday indicates an affair between a Traer woman and a Shellsburg man, ...
Times Republican3d
Testimony begins in Karina Cooper first degree murder trial
Emotions ran high inside the Linn County Courthouse on Wednesday as the first degree murder trial of Karina Cooper, a rural ...
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier5d
Traer woman and her lover carried out plot to kill her husband, collect insurance, prosecutor says
CEDAR RAPIDS — Karina Cooper carried out a “deliberate and calculated” plan, with the help of her “lover” to kill her husband ...
Witness testifies Iowa woman was on top of husband's dead body after he was shot in face
A first-degree murder trial started Wednesday for the Traer woman accused of killing her husband. She allegedly planned the ...
The Gazette5d
Texts, Snapchats implicate Traer woman, lover in her husband's fatal shooting
A forensic examiner testified Thursday about texts and Snapchats messages that indicate an affair between a Traer woman and her lover — and possibly implicate both of them in the fatal shooting ...