There is no known DNA evidence tying Burns to the Huisentruit case and no evidence that he knew Jodi Huisentruit. This is what eventually helped authorities identify the culprit - Jerry Lynn Burns. He had worked for John Deere and co-owned a truck stop. "I am happy Michelle finally gets justice.". He would have been around 25-years-old when he killed Michelle Martinko in December of 1979. Police had searched his computer after arresting him, and found a history of searches pertaining to nefarious subjects including the murder of blonde women, and pornographic matter involving blonde women. Over 40 years ago, teenager Michelle Martinko was stabbed to death outside a mall in Cedar Rapids . But the software he used allowed him to review history and activity only to January 2018. Exactly 39 years after her death, police took a Manchester man into custody after matching his DNA to blood found at the crime scene. Burns repeatedly said he didn't know how his DNA was found at the crime scene. To learn more about the murder of Michelle Martinko, watch Dateline: Unforgettable on December 22, at 10:00 pm on Oxygen 79. [16] Another rumor emerged that a second stabbing had happened in the following days and that police were keeping it secret, which police denied. "I did not see this day coming," Franzman said on a broadcast this week. 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. 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. [2], Martinko had been stabbed 29 times in her face, neck, and chest. Michelle Marie Martinko Find-A-Grave: Michelle Marie Martinko Iowa Cold Cases: Michelle Marie Martinko Michelle Martinko stories 40 years later: What we know about Michelle Martinko and the arrest that re-opened the cold case Jury seated in Jerry Burns murder trial Michelle Martinko murder case evidence photos Iowa Teen Was Fatally Stabbed in Mall Parking Lot Be the first one to comment on this story. Definitely fascinating! Michelle was a high school senior when she was found stabbed to death in 1979 in a parking lot at the Westdale Mall in Cedar Rapids. [2], On December 19, 2018, exactly 39 years after Martinko's murder, Burns was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Burns is accused of killing Cedar Rapids teenager Michelle Martinko in 1979. Suspect in Martinko murder not suspected in wife's death or cousin's disappearance, Bobcats and beyond are wearing orange to support Benton Communitys Tatum Schroeder, UIHC library offers resources for and about people with disabilities. Reporter covering state and federal courts. Oral Argument Schedule. His cousin, Brian Burns, went missing on the 19th of December 2013. Burns originally refuted every charge of involvement in this crime during interrogation by claiming he was unable to provide the authorities with a "plausible explanation" for why his DNA was found at the crime site. Detectives considered charging the Commissioner with failure to pass along the information to police, but no charges were pursued. He has worked for promotions such as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), NWA Total Nonstop Action (NWA TNA), and Ring of Honor (ROH). At the department, Burns sked for a lawyer. Hernando . . He said he thought Burns might have a 'conscience.. He stated that Burns' DNA could have been at the scene due to secondary transfer (such as skin cells transferring to an article of clothing when someone brushes up against another person), although he clarified that it was not his opinion that this was the case with Burns' DNA. 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. [30] The doctor who performed Martinko's autopsy and investigators in the original case, all now retired, took the stand to testify to how the investigation was conducted, and to Martinko's cause of death. Later that day, her body was discovered in her family's car. However, the case gradually grew cold as the investigation stretched on. 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. UPDATE: Trial set for Iowa man accused in 1979 killing of Michelle Martinko . In a press conference during which the new image was shared, a former classmate of Martinko exclaimed that the face looked like another one of their classmates, but that classmate had been investigated and was cleared based on a DNA swab several years before. timing. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette), Jeff Holst, an investigator with the Cedar Rapids Police Department, looks at a report he made which was entered into evidence as he testifies during the continuation of a suppression hearing for evidence in the case of Jerry Burns of Manchester at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. 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. The family of Jerry Burns would like to thank our friends and the Manchester community for the support we have received since Jerrys arrest, read the familys statement. '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. The victim, Martinko, was an 18-year-old high school student from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who was visiting a mall to buy a winter coat. Blond / All American Girls - Jodi was a bit older. Almost 40 years later, with the help of DNA Technology, the culprit was nabbed and justice was finally served to Martinko and her grieving family. Your login session has expired. Powered by. JERRY M. LYNN "Bear" Crown Point, Indiana Jerry M. "Bear" Lynn, age 59, of Crown Point, IN passed away on April 4, 2010. [1][5][6], Michelle Marie Martinko (October 6, 1961 December 19, 1979) was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. [6] In September 2020, Burns filed a notice of appeal. The company also produced approximations of how the man would have aged in the years since the crime. [11], In the mid-1980s, Martinko's father filed a lawsuit against the owners of the Westdale Mall and claimed negligence in not providing "reasonable security" on the night of the murder. Unfortunately, Martinkos parents did not survive to see her killer brought to justice. The victim was the younger of two daughters of Albert and Janet Martinko. The defense team for . Denlinger said he intentionally chose that day to interview Burns because it was the anniversary of Martinko's death. [32] Prosecutors also played a video of a police interview of Burns, in which he denied being at the crime scene on the night of Martinko's murder, and could not explain how his DNA had been found at the scene. [2] That narrowed the suspects down to a set of three brothers, who had grown up in Manchester, Iowa. "Hmm, strange," Burns responded when Cedar Rapids Police Investigator Matthew Denlinger told him he was a suspect for Martinko's death. Burns' attorney, Leon Spies, also argued in his suppression motion that the computer evidence is irrelevant because it's from 2018 - 38 years after Martinko's death. [26] When the DNA sample was tested, it matched the blood sample found at the crime scene. 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. Burns made an initial court appearance via video Thursday morning and said he would fill out an application for a court-appointed counsel. A Felony. [20], On June 19, 1980, police released a composite sketch of a man believed to have killed Martinko, which they formed from descriptions provided by two witnesses under hypnosis. The results were entered into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), the national DNA database, but no matches were found. "I asked Jerry, 'Did you do the crime?' [29] The judge determined the search history was not usable in the trial due to the decades of time separating the murder and the searches. [2][3][4] Burns was arrested and, on February 24, 2020, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Martinko. Michelle Martinko, 18, was stabbed to death in a mall parking lot in Dec. 1979. [11][18] In the year after the killing, the number of people interviewed by police reached the hundreds, and up to 30 people were interviewed under hypnosis. Jerry Lynn Burns, 65, is set to face a jury in February, bringing momentum to a case that was left cold for years. 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 . Her mother, Janet, died in 1998. The lab determined that the DNA collected from Burns was a match to DNA from the blood found on Michelle Martinko's clothing and was consistent with the DNA profile developed from blood found elsewhere in the car, Jerman said. Investigators matched DNA found in the car to Jerry Burns and arrested him in 2018. Lives in Brentwood, Arkansas. On April 5, 1975, Pat was united in marriage to Jerry Lynn Burns at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Manchester. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. [2], Martinko's father, Albert, died in 1995. Homerline, a soft-spoken woman who enjoyed teaching Sunday School, did everything possible to avoid attention. 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. CEDAR RAPIDS - Police investigators couldn't find evidence that Jerry Burns and Michelle Martinko knew each other. Jerry Burns, busy back in Minneapolis, wasn't on the guest list that time. After her parents reported her missing at 2 a.m., police discovered the teen's body in her vehicle about four hours later. Ken and Don were not a match but Jerry Burns' DNA was a match, to an almost perfect scientific certainty. He was born on December 09, 1952 to Harold Eugene and Virginia Burns in Osceola, Arkansas. William Brangham: Turns out the murderer was a distant, distant relative of Jennings. Jerry Burns' mugshot and a family photo of Michelle Martinko. The majority of the search activity and history on Burns' computer was sexually graphic and more 'deviant in nature, said Holst, who investigates sex crimes and internet crimes against children. Wednesday, March 1, 2023: Today on General Hospital, Obrecht is furious with both Liz and Scott, Finn offers to stand by Liz, and Sonny and Dex bond over a meal. Jerry Burns on Trial AP Jerry Burns of Manchester, Iowa, is led into the courtroom during closing arguments for his trial at the Scott County Courthouse in Davenport, Iowa on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. I've been reading up on this case and was wondering if they profiled this guy? [12], In 2017, a company specializing in DNA phenotyping was hired to create additional images of the killer based solely on DNA clues about facial appearance and ancestry. Burns told the investigator about 25 times to test him, Denlinger said. Sonny arrives at his restaurant and gives Dex, who is there, the night off. But then Denlinger's supervisor, who had been listening to the recorded interview from across the street with other officers, sent Denlinger text message telling him to arrest Burns. Jerry A. Burns, age 69, of Bryan, Texas went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 10:56 p.m. This revealed everything, and Burns was ultimately declared guilty of first-degree murder. At the time of the murder, Burns was 25 and lived in Manchester, Iowa. Ha ha. It showed that she was a distant relative of the person whose DNA was found at the crime scene a second cousin once removed. She had been stabbed 21 times in the face, neck, and chest. [11] As the investigation dwindled, a $10,000 reward was offered for information that would lead police to the killer. He grew up in Manchester, Iowa, and graduated from West Delaware High School in 1972. She had goals for herself, things she wanted to do with her life, and she would write them down and achieve them., I dont know if Ill ever get over this, Mrs. Martinko added. Denlinger had found the needle in the haystack. . I miss all her singing and her beautiful music. [10][11] She was also a talented performer, joined the twirling squad as a sophomore, and performed in choirs and theater productions. But it was another technique from Parabon -- genetic genealogy -- that led investigators to Burns, CeCe Moore, Parabon's chief genetic genealogist, told ABC News. Lives in Tyler, Texas. The Realm, a group of 34 people. "It looks personal, it's a lot of stab wounds, it's overkill," said lead Detective Matt Denlinger of the Cedar Rapids Police Department. He lived in Manchester at the time of his arrest in 2020 and owned a powder coating business in the city. Daryl F. Gates' Police Quest: SWAT, a group of 41 people. On the eve of December 19, 1979, an 18-year-old high school student named Michelle Martinko was discovered dead in her family's car outside a mall in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A few days later, the Saints fell. While these occurrences sounded suspicious, the police didn't believe Burns had anything to do with them. 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! 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. Police looked at numerous suspects during the initial investigation, including a man who raped a woman at knifepoint and later died while in prison for that crime, but DNA testing ruled him out. Jerry's hobbies included working on vehicles, hunting, fishing, racing cars, gardening, and working in the yard. In earlier testimony, Matthew Denlinger, a Cedar Rapids police investigator who testified last week, was recalled to testify about Burns' interview with police Dec. 19, 2018. After weeks pursuing a wide range of possible blood relatives, Parabon helped him narrow the search down to three middle-aged brothers in Iowa who would have been young men back in 1979: Ken, Don and Jerry Burns. Jerry Burns. His first wife, Patricia, died by suicide in 2008. Now, the solving of another long-cold casea young blonde woman murdered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, two hours away may shed new light on Huisentruit's disappearance and presumed murder. On February 24, 2020, after three hours of deliberation, the jury found Jerry Lynn Burns guilty of first-degree murder. Jerry Burns is still behind bars . Denlinger recorded him using a camera that was hidden inside a coffee mug. 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. When asked that question by "48 Hours," Denlinger replied, "I don't know the answer to that. You have permission to edit this article. Kayla Lemieux, the transgender high school teacher in Canada, has been put on paid leave after pictures emerged of her dressed as a man proving she does not wear the prosthetics all the time. See if it is.. She was stabbed 29 times in the face, neck, and chest. . Yet they had a DNA match linking the Manchester man to the Cedar Rapids teenager, slain in 1979 outside the Westdale Mall. "It's always the boyfriend, the girlfriend, the husband someone really close to the person. Jerry Burns Wife: Who Is He Married To? The primary evidence police had to go on was blood on Michelle's dress and on the car's gearshift that in 2005 was finally identified as male DNA. The first piece of progress in the case came in 2006 when a sample of the suspect's DNA from Michelle Martinko's car was submitted to a lab for processing, police said. 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. "Murder at . The man charged with killing Michelle Martinko 39 years ago is not a suspect in the death of his wife or disappearance of his cousin, according to investigators. [18], For some time, a prime suspect in Martinko's murder was a man who had, the month before, broken into a Cedar Rapids home, raped a woman at knifepoint, and threatened to kill her children. [2] She did not have many close girlfriends or confidantes, which was speculated to be caused by jealousy from other students over her beauty and stylish clothes[11] or conflict over a boy she had dated. The prosecution emphasized the unlikelihood of the DNA evidence matching someone other than the person who left it at the scene. Your login session has expired. What began to turn the case around was the emergence of DNA as a forensic tool for crime fighting in the late 1990s. or. Investigators matched DNA found in the car to Jerry Burns and arrested him in 2018. In late June of 1995, Jodi Huisentruit, a young anchor at KIMT television in Mason City, Iowa, disappeared from the parking lot of her apartment building on the way to work, never to be seen again. Jerry Lynn Burns, 64, was charged with first-degree murder and is scheduled to appear Thursday in Linn County Court. A DNA profile was developed from that evidence and entered into the national Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), but no matches were found. [2] Police determined from the lack of blood outside the car that Martinko had been killed while in the car, and the medical examiner later estimated she had died between 8 and 10p.m.[17] The murder weapon was "sharp-pointed" but not definitively a knife, and the medical examiner could not determine its size. 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. Jerry Burns . Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. He was also ordered to pay $150,00 in restitution to Martinkos estate, according to KWWL. The murder of Michelle Martinko in the parking lot of Cedar Rapids' Westdale Mall has some eerie connections to the Huisentruit case. 19, 2018. Jerry Burns may be a hitched man, having a . Last . 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* Gerald Edward "Jake" Merriner, 92, of Jane Lew passed away on Monday, February 27, 2023 in the Stonewall Jackson Hospital. Log in or sign up for Facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. 'If I was there, I don't know, Burns told Denlinger. The case was appealed and was eventually decided by the Iowa Supreme Court in favor of the mall owners. Then in 2018, DNA phenotyping company GEDmatch, a public genealogy website that famously helped catch the Golden State Killer, started creating a family tree based on the killers DNA. The images looked considerably different from the 1980 composite sketch and showed a man with blond hair and blue eyes. . The Delaware County Sheriff said it did review the case after Burns' arrest and "feels that was clearly the case.". Burns coached the Minnesota Vikings from 1986-91. He had followed them and secretly recovered their DNA. "Do I look like that?" v. Jerry Lynn Burns. But where is this cold-blooded killer now? In 2018, Jerry Lynn Burns was finally arrested and charged with the teen's murder and, although it had been decades after the crime, the once cold case is now a subject of discussion on A&E's Killer Cases. His ex-wife, Patricia, committed suicide in 2008, and his cousin Brian Burns astonishingly disappeared. 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. [28] The defense also requested that evidence pertaining to Burns' cell phone browser history be suppressed. [2] The police received more than 100 tips following the release of the new images. More than 40 years after Jerry Lynn Burns stabbed Michelle Martinko to death, a family and a community has closure. They had investigated more than 100 people over the years, and all were dead ends. Jerry Lynn Burns granted independent journalist, Steve Ridge, an exclusive Christmas Eve interview, in which Burns also said he will seek a new trial in the Martinko murder. 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. The 55 year-old Delaware County man was last seen on December 19, 2013 - 34 years to the day of Martinko's murder. [2][16] At 2a.m., since Martinko had still not returned home, her father reported her missing. Jerry Burns. DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWWL) - State prosecutors called a former cellmate of Jerry Burns in his murder trial, which continued Tuesday in Scott County. ABC News' Matt Foster and Ahmad Hemingway contributed to this report. With genetic genealogy, an unknown killer's DNA from a crime scene can be identified through his or her family members, who voluntarily submit their DNA to a genealogy database. 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. Denlinger took over the case in 2015, part of a second generation of cops who had struggled for decades to solve this seemingly unsolvable murder. 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. Mason City police won't disclose whether or not they are now looking at Jerry Burns as a suspect in that case. 24. Burns said when presented with the rendering. [2], In 2006, 27 years after Martinko's killing, a new cold case investigator working for the Cedar Rapids Police Department received a tip connected to the case. (Supreme Court No. [10] Police considered the killing to be "personal in nature" based on the number and location of stab wounds. State of Iowa. He and his wife, who now reside in Florida, said they . Authorities believe Burns stabbed the Kennedy High School senior in the chest and face inside a car parked at Westdale Mall in Cedar Rapids. "So it doesn't matter that they haven't had their DNA tested through another arrest or crime scene, we don't need their DNA. [28], After two days of jury selection, the murder trial began on February 12, 2020. Her father died in 1995 and her mother died in 1998. The next day, she was found stabbed to death in the mall parking lot. Did you listen to the DNA: ID episode on the Martinko case? Court documents said blood on clothing worn by Martinko and a blood stain on the gear shift of the car, where the teens body was discovered, were analyzed and found to belong to someone else. Jim grew up . A article mentioned that the police found his Internet search history had stuff like 'murder, rape, harm of blonde women'. However, in 2006, a tip came into the Cedar Rapids police department. But Denlinger did get consent from Janice Burns, Burns' first cousin, and collected her DNA for testing, he said. Questions have been raised as to whether Jerry was involved in any other murders or missing person cases. 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 . / CBS News. 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. 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