COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) - A man accused of beating to death his grandmother in western Iowa’s Council Bluffs has been sentenced to 50 years in prison.
Court records say 30-year-old Jacob Heyer pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder. Prosecutors lowered the charge from first-degree murder in exchange for Heyer’s plea.
Heyer was arrested in August 2018 for the assault of 71-year-old Karen Fort. She died within a month, and his original charges were raised.
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Heyer’s grandfather told officers that Heyer had said Fort tried to kill him.
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