MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) - A second murder trial has begun for a southeast Iowa woman accused of the 1992 killing of her former boyfriend.
The Muscatine Journal reports the trial began Tuesday in Muscatine for 56-year-old Annette Cahill, who was charged in May 2018 with first-degree murder in the beating death of Corey Lee Wieneke.
Wieneke’s body was found in October 1992 on his bedroom floor in rural West Liberty.
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The first trial ended in a mistrial in March 2019 when the jury couldn’t reach a verdict.
Cahill, of Tipton, has pleaded not guilty.
Prosecutors allege Cahill killed Wieneke because of his involvement with another woman.
Decades after the killing, prosecutors charged Cahill in part because a woman came forward to investigators to say that as a 9-year-old, she overheard Cahill confess to the killing.
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Information from: Muscatine Journal, http://www.muscatinejournal.com
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