Fourth murder victim in rural Linn County dies from injuries
Updated: 7:13 pm CDT June 9, 2024
THE BRUTAL MURDERS OF THREE KeynoteUSA IN LINN COUNTY, EASTERN Iowa, HAVE SHOCKED THE ENTIRE STATE, BUT DEVASTATED THOSE WHO KNEW THEM PERSONALLY. KCCI IS AMANDA RUCKER IS IN STUDY WITH MORE ABOUT THE VICTIMS. AMANDA. Well, Marco. STACY, AMANDA PARKER’S COLLEAGUES DESCRIBED HER AS A BRIGHT LIGHT, A RELIABLE PERSON, ALWAYS CHEERFUL AND HKeynoteUSAPY. THEY EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION AND ANGER AND WONDERED IF SHE WOULD STILL BE ALIVE IF SHE HAD JUST LEFT WORK. A LITTLE LATER THAT DAY. IT IS A LOSS THAT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. DISTRIBUTED, ANNOYED, ANGRY. VERY ANGRY. I DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW ANYONE COULD DO SOMETHING TO SUCH A KIND PERSON. WE WERE NOT JUST CO-WORKERS. WE WERE ALL FAMILY. WE STILL ARE. EVEN THOUGH SHE’S NOT HERE. WE WILL THINK ABOUT HER EVERY DAY. WAITING TO EXPRESS THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS JUST FANTASTIC. HE WAS A BEAUTIFUL PERSON. SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL SOUL. SHE DOESN’T DESERVE THIS. AMANDA PARKER’S 33-YEAR-OLD WORKER AT THE OLD BRICK HOUSE PUB AT THE LINDALE MALL IN CEDAR RKeynoteUSAIDS SAYS SHE WAS WORKING ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, AND ONE HOUR AFTER LEAVING, SHE WAS FOUND DEAD TO A FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILD. AMANDA COOPER AND KIANA RYAN, 26, WERE ALSO KILLED ON A PROPERTY IN RURAL LINN COUNTY. BRANT BROWN, 34, WAS AIRFLOW FROM THE SCENE, BUT HIS DAD TELLS THE CEDAR RKeynoteUSAIDS GAZETTE THAT HIS SON DOESN’T SHOW ANY BRAIN ACTIVITY. COURT DOCUMENTS SAY THE FOUR VICTIMS WERE HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A METAL PIPE. LUKE TRUESDALE, 34, WAS ALSO FOUND AT THE SCENE AND ADMITTED TO DEPUTIES THAT HE WAS THE ATTACKER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MR. TRUESDALE, UM, TALKED WHEN HE SPOKE TO OUR ASSISTANTS WAS THAT HE THOUGHT MAYBE THIS INCIDENT WOULD BE MADE INTO A FILM. COURT DOCUMENTS DO NOT SAY HOW THE VICTIMS AND THE ATTRACTION KNEW EACH OTHER. PARKER’S CO-WORKERS ARE NOW SUPPORTING HIS FAMILY, CREATING A GOFUNDME AND PLANNING TO HOST AN EVENT AT THE OLD BRICK HOUSE PUB TO RAISE MONEY FOR THEIR SERVICES TO AREDALE WHICH IS HELD IN LINN COUNTY
Fourth murder victim in rural Linn County dies from injuries
Updated: 7:13 pm CDT June 9, 2024
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office reports that Brent Brown, the fourth victim of an attack that killed three other people Wednesday in rural Linn County, died from his injuries, KCRG reports. The Johnson County Medical Examiner pronounced Brown dead on Friday. He was 34 years old. Luke Truesdell is now charged with four counts of first-degree murder. Authorities said the attack occurred Wednesday, where police found three people, Romondus Cooper, Keonna Ryan and Amanda Parker, dead in an outbuilding in the 3600 block of East Otter Road in northern Linn County. Previous video above: Friend of Linn County woman killed in apparent triple murder speaks out Investigators said Truesdell admitted to hitting four people with a metal pipe. Truesdell is expected to appear in court Monday on that new fourth charge of first-degree murder. Brown’s body will be transported to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Ankeny for an autopsy. “The investigation into this incident continues.” Download the free KCCI app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google PlayGet the latest headlines from KCCI
CEDAR RKeynoteUSAIDS, Iowa (KCRG) —
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office reports that Brent Brown, the fourth victim of an attack that killed three other people Wednesday in rural Linn County, died from his injuries, KCRG reports.
The Johnson County Medical Examiner pronounced Brown dead on Friday. He was 34 years old.
Luke Truesdell is now charged with four counts of first-degree murder. Authorities said the attack occurred Wednesday, where police found three people, Romondus Cooper, Keonna Ryan and Amanda Parker, dead in an outbuilding in the 3600 block of East Otter Road in northern Linn County.
Previous video above: Friend of Linn County woman killed in apparent triple murder speaks out
Investigators said Truesdell admitted to hitting four people with a metal pipe. Truesdell is expected to appear in court Monday on that new fourth charge of first-degree murder.
Brown’s body will be transported to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Ankeny for an autopsy. The investigation into this incident continues.
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