Covid-19
Men charged in Iowa triple homicide seek separate trials
By
DES MOINES, Iowa — A judge has ruled that three men charged in the shooting death of three Des Moines teens will be tried together.
Emmanuel Totaye Jr., Daishawn Gills and Leontreal Jones had all filed motions seeking separate first-degree murder trials in the January 2020 deaths of brothers Devonte Swanks and Malachi Swanks and a friend, Thayne Wright.
Police found the bodies of the three teens inside a Des Moines home and say robbery was the motive for their killings.
The Des Moines Register reports that Polk County Judge David Porter last week granted prosecutors’ motion to try the men’s cases together.
A new date for the consolidated trial has not yet been set.
-
Local News2 weeks agoSalvation Army provides flood kits to St. Louis
-
Crime & Safety2 weeks agoMoney laundering investigation led to arrests of two more individuals
-
Crime & Safety1 week agoWaterloo man arrested in connection with a May shooting
-
Local News1 week agoIowa City Police investigating an incident where a woman sustained several gunshot wounds
-
Crime & Safety1 week agoMan arrested in connection with a robbery after a standoff
-
Lifestyle1 week agoCamp Noah returns in Cedar Rapids for the second time
-
Iowa1 week agoMuscatine police investigating after a home was struck by gunfire
-
Iowa2 weeks agoIowa youth basketball league reached a settlement in a sexual exploitation lawsuit