Assault at GENERAL HOSPITAL on 07/18/2025 2:41 PM
Type: Assault
Date: 07/18/2025 2:41 PM
Description: Aggravated Assault
Address: GENERAL HOSPITAL, Iowa City, IA
Case Number: INC-2025-005174
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Sarah ann ottens, a 20-year-old university of iowa student from morrison, illinois, was assaulted and suffocated in her rienow hall room in iowa city on tuesday, march 13, 1973.Student brenda simpson of waterloo discovered ottens’ body in room 429 just before midnight.Six months after the murder, university of iowa student and football player james wendall hall, 20, of toledo, ohio, was charged in ottens’ murder based on fingerprints and dna evidence found at the crime scene.In may 1974, he was found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to 50 years in prison at fort madison.The defense began a number of appeals, though the iowa supreme court upheld hall’s conviction and the u.S. Supreme court refused to hear the case.Agency
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