DMRegisterMichelle Martinko was found dead, stabbed repeatedly in the face and chest, in the early morning hours of Dec. 20, 1979. Her body was discovered in her family’s 1972 Buick in the Westdale Mall parking lot. Authorities have charged Jerry Lynn Burns with first-degree murder in the high school senior's death, raising the possibility that a cold case that had long haunted eastern Iowa and tormented relatives and friends is nearing a resolution.
Above, hear audio from Burns' initial appearance in Linn County on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018.
Find more coverage on DesMoinesRegister.com: - 'Complete shock': Family of the man charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Michelle Martinko speaks out (bit.ly/2Q0f7Ye) - Bond set at $5 million cash for Michelle Martinko murder suspect (bit.ly/2BEQE5K) - DNA evidence leads police to charge Iowa man with murder in 1979 killing of Michelle Martinko (bit.ly/2PTwkmk) - Gone Cold: Michelle Martinko, killed in 1979 (bit.ly/2LyR95P)
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Listen: The man charged in the killing of Michelle Martinko makes his initial court appearnaceDMRegister2018-12-26 | Michelle Martinko was found dead, stabbed repeatedly in the face and chest, in the early morning hours of Dec. 20, 1979. Her body was discovered in her family’s 1972 Buick in the Westdale Mall parking lot. Authorities have charged Jerry Lynn Burns with first-degree murder in the high school senior's death, raising the possibility that a cold case that had long haunted eastern Iowa and tormented relatives and friends is nearing a resolution.
Above, hear audio from Burns' initial appearance in Linn County on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018.
Find more coverage on DesMoinesRegister.com: - 'Complete shock': Family of the man charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Michelle Martinko speaks out (bit.ly/2Q0f7Ye) - Bond set at $5 million cash for Michelle Martinko murder suspect (bit.ly/2BEQE5K) - DNA evidence leads police to charge Iowa man with murder in 1979 killing of Michelle Martinko (bit.ly/2PTwkmk) - Gone Cold: Michelle Martinko, killed in 1979 (bit.ly/2LyR95P)
A homicide that haunted Iowa: What we know about murder charge in 1979 killing of Michelle Martinko (bit.ly/2LvcsW2)
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