On June 1, 52-year-old Ryan Willis McFarland of Muscatine allegedly fatally shot six family members before taking his own life. On this episode, we get analysis on the tragedy and the community's response from Tom Loewy of 'Quad City Times.' Lindsay Pingel of the Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence also joins to discuss how this incident reflects the state's landscape around domestic violence and gun laws. Then, Kerri Johannsen of the Iowa Environmental Council joins to clear the air on nitrates as Central Iowa Water Works is asking customers for the second year in a row to reduce water use because of high nitrate levels and water demand. This episode includes discussion of gun violence and suicide. If you are in need of support, call or text 988 to be connected with the Suicide & Crisis Helpline, or text 'NAMI' to 741741 for 24/7, confidential, free crisis counseling.
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One of the most influential criminologists in the world explores why Americans are drawn to the true crime genre. Then, efforts to preserve a wetland in northwestern Iowa. -
Cold cases are resolved on an almost weekly basis by new investigative techniques and forensic technologies that can process DNA evidence from long dormant crime scenes. -
Jerry Mark is serving life behind bars for the deaths of four family members. His lawyers and advocates are pushing for a new trial based on what they say is new evidence in the case.
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Criminologist Matt Delisi discusses his new book, What DNA Evidence Reveals About Criminals: Cold Case Criminology.
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Taken Together: Who Killed Lyric and Elizabeth?, a three-part documentary about the unsolved murder of two Evansdale girls, has spent several weeks on Max’s Top 10 series list. -
Family members of Kevin Cram shared emotional victim impact statement during Wednesday's sentencing.
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A teenager was found guilty on Thursday of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the deaths of two students that he shot at Starts Right Here earlier this year. -
A district court judge sentenced Fairfield teen Willard Miller to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 35 years for the 2021 murder of his Spanish teacher Nohema Graber. -
There are hundreds of thousands of unsolved murder cases in the U.S.
