jerry lynn burns defendant-appellant. He was born in Hundred, WV on April 24, 1930, a son of the late Robert Lee and Rebecca Taylor Merriner. State of Iowa. A struggle followed in which Michelle was stabbed and sliced by a knife almost 30 times in a horrific murder that police initially believed had to be a crime of passion. They had investigated more than 100 people over the years, and all were dead ends. 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Could Jerry Burns have committed murders other than Michelle Martinko's? At 4a.m., police found the Martinko family's tan and green 1972 Buick Electra in the northeast corner of the mall parking lot by a JCPenney. This is what eventually helped authorities identify the culprit - Jerry Lynn Burns. There is no known DNA evidence tying Burns to the Huisentruit case and no evidence that he knew Jodi Huisentruit. [9] She was fully dressed, and the medical examiner determined she had not been sexually assaulted. Burns has hired a very high profile attorney and has said he plans to appeal his conviction, which was very largely based on the DNA evidence. The Cedar Rapids teenager was found stabbed to death in her parents car parked at Westdale Mall. Attorneys for Jerry Burns, convicted of the 1979 murder of Michelle Martinko, are continuing to fight DNA evidence they say the trial court erred in not supressing. Even though the police were tipped over 200 times in the weeks following the murder, the case eventually grew cold as investigations stretched on. [12] Martinko, who was a senior in high school when she was killed, had plans to attend Iowa State University to study interior design. Jerry Lynn Burns, 64, was arrested on Wednesday after police said he was linked by DNA from blood found on Michelle Martinko's clothing and elsewhere in the car at the crime scene. Grab your popcorn & get comfy as we dive into some dusty old cases revitalized thanks to genetic genealogy (& a bit of good ol' fashioned detective work! [38] Burns is currently imprisoned in the Anamosa State Penitentiary. The sample was put into a national computer database and was used to clear more than 70 of Martinkos acquaintances, according to NBC News. He would have been around 25-years-old when he killed Michelle Martinko in December of 1979. Supreme Court No. Daryl F. Gates' Police Quest: SWAT, a group of 41 people. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. [22][12] From that, police were able to build a partial DNA profile. I've seen several articles that said he might be tied to other murders. KWQC Jerry Burns' mugshot and a family photo of Michelle Martinko. Log in or sign up for Facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. He was around 25 when he killed Martinko in 1979. Spies, on cross examination, asked if Denlinger had permission from Burns' two brothers and a distant cousin to access their DNA in developing a suspect pool. [39], Last edited on 20 February 2023, at 04:20, "Michelle Martinko's murder 'haunted' the Cedar Rapids community for 40 years. Tests eliminated the other two brothers as suspects, but the DNA from Burns' straw matched the blood found on Martinko's clothing. "Murder at the Mall: The Michelle Martinko Case," reported by "48 Hours" contributor Jamie Yuccas, airs on Saturday, August 7 at 9/8c on CBS. Hi all - I discuss the case of Michelle Martinko, who was murdered in 1979 in Iowa, this week on DNA: ID podcast. Jerry Burns . Viewers also wondered if there was a connection to the disappearance of Burns' cousin, Brian Burns. Definitely fascinating! "I asked Jerry, 'Did you do the crime?' DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWWL) - State prosecutors called a former cellmate of Jerry Burns in his murder trial, which continued Tuesday in Scott County. She was seen inside the mall by friends and coworkers because Martinko worked in the mall. He was preceded in death by his wife of 50 years, Joan C. Plum Merriner, who passed away on January 4, 2019. Denlinger began contacting genealogy companies for help in trying to find a family tree that could lead to the person whose DNA matched that found at the crime scene. Let's uncover where he is now in this article. Jerry Burns. Jerry Lynn Burns was arrested in the 1979 killing of Michelle Martinko. The organizations filing the brief contend that the collection of Mr. Burn's DNA without a warrant from a discarded straw he used at a restaurant violated the Fourth Amendment, and article I, section 8 of the Iowa Constitution. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette). "In a genetic genealogy database we can reverse engineer the [suspect's family] tree from their distant" relatives who have submitted DNA, Moore said. appeal from the iowa district court for linn county honorable fae hoover grinde, district court judge brief of amici curiae: american civil liberties union american civil liberties union of iowa electronic frontier foundation in support of defendant-appellant *pro hac vice application pending jennifer lynch* Burns was born in Manchester, Iowa in 1953 and graduated from West Delaware High School in 1972. The Gazette is Iowas independent, employee-owned source for local, state, and national news coverage. Investigators matched DNA found in the car to Jerry Burns and arrested him in 2018. December . I don't exactly remember what happened, seen something about Jodi Huisentruit recently.". "Well, I kind of think you do a little bit," Denlinger responded in the video interview. This allows police to create a much larger family tree than databases like CODIs. She had looked into the parking lot as she drove by to check for her daughter's car because her daughter worked at the mall and had had car trouble before. Police interviewed numerous people, and several were cleared of suspicion through use of a polygraph. Denlinger interviewed Burns at his business. The final nail in the coffin was when a witness gave his statement to the court. Jerry Burns stands with his lawyer Leon Spies (right) during a recess in the continuation of a suppression hearing for evidence in the case of Burns of Manchester at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. [16] Another rumor emerged that a second stabbing had happened in the following days and that police were keeping it secret, which police denied. Martinko was 18, a senior in high school in 1979, when she was accosted as she was getting into her car on a chilly night in December following a trip to the mall. According to the investigator, "Burns showed almost no emotion during the interview, even when he was eventually told he was being arrested. Pat was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, and enjoyed quilting, collecting teddy bears, gardening and farming with her husband. The video of that is on YouTube and is mentioned around the 25:28 mark. Derek Chauvin's ex-wife . Last week, a police investigator explained how using a public genealogy database - called GEDmatch - led to Burns being identified as a match to the DNA evidence found on Martinko's dress and gearshift of her car, where her body was found Dec. 20, 1979. 'A complete shock': Family of suspect in Martinko murder releases statement, Bobcats and beyond are wearing orange to support Benton Communitys Tatum Schroeder, UIHC library offers resources for and about people with disabilities. And the crucial link is a man named Jerry Burns. Her case went cold for decades until DNA testing finally brought her family some peace and put her murderer behind bars. [6] In September 2020, Burns filed a notice of appeal. A juvenile found carrying a knife was interviewed and ruled out in her murder, as was a shopping center employee who had told police that he enjoyed following women and ogling store mannequins. Bryan. You have permission to edit this article. Vikings PR. She was a beautiful singer, and I miss all this. Now in his late 60s, Burns is currently behind bars and will stay there till he dies. Fifty-five-year-old Brian "Farmer" Burns was reported missing to the Delaware County Sheriff's Office in Manchester, Iowa, on Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, and the sheriff's office is asking for the public's help in locating him. 2. The DNA was uploaded to the law enforcement database called Combined DNA Index System, or CODIS, but investigators never found a match, police said. Jim was born on April 20, 1933 in Walsenburg, Colorado to Geraldine Hudson McAlpine and Victor Paul Hudson and passed away on February 24, 2023 at his home in Amarillo, Texas with his family by his side at the age of 89. DNA Profiling is a modern investigative technology used to compare criminal suspects' profiles to DNA evidence so as to assess the likelihood of their involvement in the crime. Visitation for Jim will be held on Monday, March 13, 2023 from 4:00PM until 6:00PM at the Peacock Family Chapel. According to court documents, a judge has ruled internet search history from the man accused in a 1979 murder will not be able to be used during trial. KCRG-TV9: 10PM Newscast, December 19, 2018 Arrest in Michelle Martinko Case, KCRG-TV9 Staff Anchors: Bruce Aune and Beth Malicki Meteorologist: Joe Winters Executive Producer: Aaron Hepker Producer: Ellen Kurt Director: Terri Walter Reporters: Dave Franzman, Forrest Saunders, Chantelle Navarro Photographers: Rebecca Varilek, Jay Greene, Michelle Martinko's Family Speaks to Law & Crime Network About the Jerry Burns Verdict, Michelle Martinko's Family Speaks to Law & Crime Network About the Jerry Burns Verdict #JerryBurns #JerryBurnsTrial #MichelleMartinko, Serial Killers Ex Thinks There Were More Victims. After the arrest this week of Jerry Burns in the 1979 killing of 18-year-old Michelle Martinko, an Iowa city is left shocked, saddened, and skeptical. Burns argues the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress where the warrantless extraction of his DNA profile violated his rights under the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution and article I . He grew up in Manchester, Iowa, and graduated from West Delaware High School in 1972. I miss all her singing and her beautiful music. At long last, in 2018, Jerry Lynn was caught and blamed for the teen's manslaughter and, in spite of the fact that it had been a very long time after the wrongdoing, the once cool case is right now a subject of discussion on A&E's executioner cases. 20-1150). The prosecution emphasized the unlikelihood of the DNA evidence matching someone other than the person who left it at the scene. Prosecutor Nick Maybanks/Cedar Rapids Police Department, "Murder at the Mall: The Michelle Martinko Case,". Authorities said Burns was last seen at his 1381 180th St. residence in Delaware County on Thursday, December 19 . In 2018, the company entered the DNA data from the case into the public genealogy website GEDmatch, where it found a familial DNA match. According to KWWL, at the sentencing, Stonebaker said that Burns stole those 39 years and many more from a sweet smart, talented girl who never got her chance at college, a career, marriage, children and by now, even grandchildren.. His ex-wife, Patricia, committed suicide in 2008, and his cousin Brian Burns astonishingly disappeared. Jerry Burns enters the courtroom in 2020 (Image via We Are Iowa) Burns was born in Manchester, Iowa in 1953 and graduated from West . But by 2 a.m., her father called the police because she had not returned home. On December 19, 2018, exactly 39 years after Martinko's murder, the police confronted Burns and arrested him after his DNA matched the one found on Martinko's clothes. Jerry Lynn Burns' DNA sample was collected from a plastic straw he drank soda with. Would love your thoughts, please comment. Born in 1953, Jerry Lynn Burns grew up in Manchester, Iowa, and graduated from West Delaware High School in 1972. The murder of Michelle Martinko in the parking lot of Cedar Rapids' Westdale Mall has some eerie connections to the Huisentruit case. FILE - In a Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020 file photo, Jerry Burns enters the courtroom during the continuation of a suppression hearing for evidence in the case of Burns of Manchester at the Linn County . And he had the daunting task of trying to figure out who that could be, armed only with an unidentified sample of blood DNA. Denlinger then told him he had a search warrant for his DNA. Spies asked if he had consent from Burns to take the lunch straw for testing. But the software he used allowed him to review history and activity only to January 2018. Anthony Rex officiating. Cellmate recounts multiple outbursts in Jerry Burns murder trial, The Christmas Project is back raising money for local non-profits, 3-year-old Cedar Rapids child confirmed dead from accidental drowning, The Carson King saga, a legendary Iowa tale of giving back, Active police investigation in Cedar Rapids, SIX MONTHS LATER: Derecho cleanup, recovery, replanting continues, Hawkeyes roll by North Carolina A&T 112-71. Jerry Lynn Burns appeared in Linn County this morning on a video monitor from jail where he had his bail set at $5 million. Find your friends on Facebook. [7] Eventually, more than 125 people would have their DNA swabbed and compared against samples taken from the scene. Allison also recounted a time when Burns tried to tear down a cellmate's bunk bed because he was snoring too loudly. His first wife, Patricia, died by suicide in 2008. Comments: (319) 398-8318; trish.mehaffey@thegazette.com, Trish Mehaffey Crime and Courts Sep. 12, 2021 10:48 am535d ago, Gage Miskimen Health Care and Medicine Jul. In 2017, a company specializing in DNA phenotyping was hired to produce a new approximation of the killer's appearance based solely off the DNA sample. During the investigation, the police assumed that there were personal motives involved in the murder due to the nature of Martinko's stab wounds. Michelle Martinko, pictured in a photo released by the Cedar Rapids Police Department, was stabbed to death in December 1979. As reported by CBS News, Burns was not arrested until 2018, when DNA evidence confirmed he was responsible for Martinko's death. [2], On December 19, 2018, exactly 39 years after Martinko's murder, Burns was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. [31] The defense argued that DNA evidence had been mishandled,[31] and that different articles of clothing from the scene should not have been stored together in one evidence bag. Holst said he didn't, but department officials and First Assistant Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks did consult an expert who specialized in sex offender assessment and treatment to explain what this evidence indicates in this case. "I was speechless," Denlinger says, recalling the moment the lab told him the results. This evidence was inadmissible at trial but was the subject of a public suppression hearing. He said he remembered the case from seeing it in the news, but didn't know Martinko and didn't have anything to do with it, Denlinger testified. Her friend declined. He began to search for her, as did the police. Burns, charged with first-degree murder in the cold case stabbing of Martinko, is asking the court to toss out DNA and other evidence because they were obtained without a warrant and represented violations of privacy and other rights. People who have worked on this game have also collaborated on the creation of the following games: Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire, a group of 68 people. Police found impressions from rubber gloves inside and outside the car, indicating that the assailant had likely planned his attack and hoped to escape unidentified. Michelle Martinko, Kennedy High School yearbook photo, 1979. In recent years, authorities began taking a closer look at a man named Jerry Burns, who was arrested and convicted in the 1979 abduction and murder of 18-year-old Michelle Martinko. Burns is being held at the Linn County jail on a $5 million cash-only bond. Burns has hired a very high profile attorney and has said he plans to appeal his conviction, which was very largely . Jerry knew he was called to be a preacher at the age of 13 and after many years of arguing with God. He grew up in Manchester, Iowa, and graduated from West Delaware High School in 1972. Denlinger had found the needle in the haystack. Jerry Lynn Burns, 64, was charged with first-degree murder and is scheduled to appear Thursday in Linn County Court. He then contacted a member of a third branch, and a DNA test determined that they were first cousins with the killer. Jerry Burns, of Manchester, is led into a courtroom at the Scott County Courthouse in Davenport for closing arguments in his murder trial in February 2020. In a brief interview with the Cedar Rapids Gazette in 1980, Janet said of her daughter, She loved music. The police considered the murder personal in nature based on the manner of death, according to Little Village magazine. Jerry Burns stands with his lawyer Leon Spies (right) during a recess in the continuation of a suppression hearing for evidence in the case of Burns of Manchester at the Linn County Courthouse in . But the jury found the DNA connection convincing and after a nine-day trial, Burns was convicted of first-degree murder. 19, 2018. I just began listening to the DNA:ID podcast. But Denlinger did get consent from Janice Burns, Burns' first cousin, and collected her DNA for testing, he said. Burns was read his Miranda rights and taken to the police department. Around 4 a.m., Martinko was found inside her familys Buick Electra. Unfortunately, this led the police nowhere at the time and the case gradually got cold. To learn more about the murder of Michelle Martinko, watch Dateline: Unforgettable on December 22, at 10:00 pm on Oxygen 79. [26] He was not able to provide an explanation for why his DNA would have been present at the crime scene. Martinko then asked another acquaintance to go to the mall with her; that friend said yes at first but later changed her mind. [2][3][4] Burns was arrested and, on February 24, 2020, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Martinko. Jerry Burns is still behind bars on a $5 million cash bond, charged with first-degree murder in the 1979 murder of Michelle Martinko. They also played a later recording, after Burns' arrest, in which Burns questioned whether he could have blocked out the memory of committing the crime.[30]. Jerry Burns mentioned Jodi by name while speaking to an investigator shortly before his arrest. The sketch looked like a man in his 20s, weighing 165-175 pounds, and standing at around 6 feet. A witness testified he signed this image from a newspaper article about the case. His voice was always turned up to full volume. Authorities arrested 64-year-old Jerry Lynn Burns of Manchester this morning. "Do I look like that?" The police used the information to create a partial DNA profile. Jerry Lynn Burns, 64, of Manchester, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder on Wednesday, nearly 40 years after the brutal murder of 18-year-old Michelle Martinko in the parking lot of Westdale Mall on December 19, 1979. This revealed everything, and Burns was ultimately declared guilty of first-degree murder. "Burnsie was laying siege to New Orleans," said Lynn. Burns was arrested on Dec. 19, 2018. [10] A police spokesman estimated that in the week after Martinko's murder, more than 200 people responded to the detectives' appeals in the news for information concerning the case. [2], Martinko had been stabbed 29 times in her face, neck, and chest. Jerry was married to his second wife at the time of his arrest. Allison says Burns threatened him one day after a winning streak. [4] Documents concluded that fewer than one in 100 billion people would match the DNA profile. Yet they had a DNA match linking the Manchester man to the Cedar Rapids teenager, slain in 1979 outside the Westdale Mall. Her death was ruled a suicide. . 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. Head coach Jerry Burns of the Minnesota Vikings looks on during a 27-14 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh on Sept. 24, 1989. . The trial for Jerry Lynn Burns, who's been charged with first-degree murder in the 1979 killing of Michelle Martinko, will begin at 9 a.m. Oct. 14 at Linn County Courthouse, according to online court records and the Des Moines Register. A hearing over whether to allow the evidence at trial continued Thursday for a second day. Law enforcement said Burns hasnt been able to explain why his DNA would be at the crime scene, nor does he remember committing the crime. At the department, Burns sked for a lawyer. Burns pleaded not guilty at his February 2020 trial but the jury deliberated just three hours and returned a guilty verdict. ABC News' Matt Foster and Ahmad Hemingway contributed to this report. Martinko's father Albert and mother Janet died in 1995 and 1998 respectively. [1][5][6], Michelle Marie Martinko (October 6, 1961 December 19, 1979) was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. v. Jerry Lynn Burns. Sign Up. Over 40 years ago, teenager Michelle Martinko was stabbed to death outside a mall in Cedar Rapids . Authorities pored over 300 pages of internet search terms and 400 pages of website history, according to court testimony Thursday - almost all of it involving blonde females and most web searches starting with queries about blonde strangulation. Rumors began to circulate about the crime. Works at Target Distribution Center. During this difficult time and as the justice system runs its course we ask that our privacy be respected.. When Burns, of Manchester, Iowa, was questioned, he "denied committing the offense but could offer no plausible explanation why his DNA would be found at the crime scene," police said. Mason City police won't disclose whether or not they are now looking at Jerry Burns as a suspect in that case. People named Jerry Burns. Glad you are liking it! The trial was then moved to February 2020. "It's always the boyfriend, the girlfriend, the husband someone really close to the person. [2], Martinko's father, Albert, died in 1995. The new technique, started this year with the "Golden State Killer," has identified over two dozen suspects. County, FL. The defense requested the case be declared a mistrial as a result, but the judge denied the request and asked the prosecutor to rephrase the question. Life legacy Wallace Jerry Huggins Funeral services will be Tuesday April 11, 2017 at 1 PM from the Chapel of the Taylor Funeral Home with Bro. They wanted to try to get an explanation for why Burns' DNA was found at the crime scene and to get a DNA sample from Burns to confirm the DNA obtained from the drinking straw. Jerry Lynn Burns was finally arrested in October 2018 for the murder of Michelle Martinko, that took place 39 years prior. Her mother, Janet, died in 1998. Police said they were able to connect Burns to the case with DNA evidence. [2][5] Her hands bore defensive wounds, which police said to indicate that she had fought back against her killer. Your login session has expired. He is survived by his wife, Lydia Lynn; his oldest son, Scott Lynn; and his ch He lived in Manchester at the time of his arrest in 2020 and owned a powder coating business in the city. Hernando . I am a brokenhearted mother.. He entered a plea of not guilty. 1, 2021 3:52 pm608d ago, Caleb McCullough Health Care and Medicine Jun. An investigator with the Cedar Rapids police department contacted DNA-tested members of two of the branches of the family tree, and eliminated those branches as containing the killer. [7] Martinko was the younger of two daughters of Albert F. Martinko and Janet Martinko (ne Zillig). She claimed to have seen two cars in the lot, one of which was Martinko's, and a man standing next to the open driver's side door of Martinko's car. However, in 2006, a tip came into the Cedar Rapids police department. Investigators used the blood samples to develop a partial male DNA profile. On December 19, 2018, 39 years after Michelle Martinkp was murdered, Det. The Vikings organization is mourning the loss of the innovator, colorful . [2] That narrowed the suspects down to a set of three brothers, who had grown up in Manchester, Iowa. A funeral service for Jerry Calvin Lynn, 78, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 16, 2022, at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2201 Airline Drive, Bossier City, Louisiana. . I couldnt have said it better myself, and Im the podcaster! He began working with Parabon NanoLabs, now a leading company helping police solve crimes through genetic tracing. He was born in 1953 and graduated from West Delaware High School in 1972. Sexual Assault of Unnamed Victim (12) . Lives in Tyler, Texas. Jerry Lynn Burns, 64, was arrested on Wednesday after police said he was linked by DNA from blood found on Michelle Martinko's clothing and elsewhere in the car at the crime scene. He testified last week he took the straw after it was discarded. Things that make it difficult. And I went 'bingo'.". Burns maintained that he did not know Martinko and was not there when she died, although an investigator later testified that Burns did not specifically deny killing Martinko. Powered by. 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