CORALVILLE, Iowa (KCRG) – A criminal complaint reveals more details about a stabbing that happened in Coralville Friday morning. 47-year-old James Martin has been charged with First Degree Murder for the stabbing death of an unidentified woman. Martin was arrested Friday. In Martin’s criminal complaint, officers say he planned the killing hours before eventually stabbing the woman to death with a kitchen knife in a surprise attack. Police say the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The incident was at the 2800 block of Spring Rose Circle around 6:40 a.m. Investigators say Martin admitted to killing the woman.
WATERLOO, Iowa (KCRG) – Three children from a Waterloo family have died following a crash in Kenya earlier this month. The crash happened January 4. Two children of the DeLeon family died at the scene: Emmanuel, an 8th grader at Hoover Middle School, and his younger brother, Kairo. Their older sister, Njeri, a junior at Waterloo West High School, was hospitalized in an intensive care unit in Kenya. According to an online update posted Friday, Njeri has died. The community is raising money for parents Leah and Christopher to cover funeral and hospital expenses.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – A man has been charged with theft as investigators accuse him of stealing $13,886 worth of electronics in Iowa City. According to a criminal complaint, police say 26-year-old Dealin Hoffner-Williams stole a variety of electronics: gaming consoles, computers, a television and a soundbar. He is also accused of stealing money and jewelry. Police allege he sold or traded some of the items and kept others. The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office says Hoffner-Williams was working with others and forced himself into residences to steal.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – The University of Iowa is considering cutting several majors from its programming after the release of an Iowa Board of Regents report. In the report, the Regents identified dozens of courses across the state’s universities that could be closed because of low enrollment, insufficient student demand or a lack of long-term viability. The regents considers “low enrollment” to be undergrad programs with fewer than 25 students and grad programs with fewer than 10 students. For the University of Iowa, majors like Applied Physics, Religious Studies and Gender, Women’s Studies are considered low enrollment undergrad degrees. 13 total undergraduate programs are listed, some with fewer than 10 students enrolled. The lowest, Counseling & Behavioral Health Services, has three students. Several of these programs are requirements for licenses or accreditations, something the University says it will consider. For the University of Iowa’s grad programs: Film Studies, Orthodontics and Nursing Practitioner are among the 16 programs considered low enrollment. Ultimately, to close a program the University needs approval from the Board of Regents. 37 UI programs have been closed since 2015.
