STATE v. BEEMAN

No. 65970.

315 N.W.2d 770 (1982)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. William D. BEEMAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas E. Johnston and David W. Newell, Muscatine, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Shirley Ann Steffe, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Stephen J. Peterson, County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C. J., and HARRIS, ALLBEE, McGIVERIN and SCHULTZ, JJ.


McGIVERIN, Justice.

On April 26, 1980, the body of Michiel Winkel was found in Wild Cat Den State Park in Muscatine County. She had been kicked in the head and choked before the murderer inflicted a lethal injury by stabbing her seventeen times in the chest. The body was unclothed and the victim had engaged in sexual intercourse sometime shortly before or after her death. Defendant William D. Beeman was charged with first-degree murder in the slaying. §§...

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