Martinko murder case finally goes to trial in eastern Iowa

February 10, 2020 Carol Kuster State News 0

A cold-case murder trial is getting underway today in eastern Iowa. Sixty-six-year old Jerry Burns was arrested a little over a year ago for a murder case that had gone cold for nearly forty years. Burns is accused of killing 18-year old Michelle Martinko on December 19, 1979. Martinko, who had been stabbed in the […]