(Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette), Friends and family of Jerry Burns react as he is led from the courtroom following his sentencing hearing at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. What we know about Jerry Burns and the woman he's The Gazette has been informing Iowans with in-depth local news coverage and insightful analysis for 140 years. Usry's dad seemed too old to be the killer, but Michael was not. "You and Michelle will forever be in our thoughts, and we are eternally grateful for your support, trustand confidence over the many years.". Wounds on the teens hands showed she fought her killer. Burns, who was convicted in February of killing Michelle Martinko in 1979, was sentenced to life in prison. The police used the information to create a partial DNA profile. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette), Jerry Lynn Burns and defense attorney Leon Spies (right) listen to Sixth Judicial District Judge Fae Hoover at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. William Brangham is a correspondent and producer for PBS NewsHour in Washington, D.C. Nsikan Akpan, Rhana Natour (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette), Family and friends of Jerry Burns are seated in the courtroom at a sentencing hearing for Jerry Lynn Burns at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. Jury selection is still set to begin Feb. 10. Jerry Burns has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Michelle Martinko, whose killing remained unsolved for decades until the advent of investigative 'Shock, anguish and horror permeated the family them they first learned that 18-year-old Michelle Martinko was killed Dec. 19, 1979, John Stonebraker, her brother-in-law, said Friday in a videotaped victim impact statement. She had been stabbed 21 times in the face, neck, and chest. Spies argued that if the defense had this evidence at trial, jurors might have come back with a different verdict. All Rights Reserved. 1996 - 2023 NewsHour Productions LLC. Now in his late 60s, Burns is currently behind bars and will stay there till he dies. NewsHour regrets the error. The police chief at the time, Ray Baker, said the fatal stabbing "outraged the whole community.". Puro cash': Latinos are opening more small businesses than anyone else in the US, Julian Assange: Why he matters more than you think, Watch: 'She didn't let time just slip away': Family and friends remember Michelle Martinko.
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