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.. 'As far as I know, I wasn't there.. Jerry Lynn Burns was convicted of first-degree murder for the 1979 murder 18-year-old Michelle Martinko thanks to DNA he left on a straw after drinking a soda. Investigators placed the three brothers under surveillance in an attempt to covertly collect their DNA, according to The Gazette. . On December 19, 2018, 39 years after Michelle Martinkp was murdered, Det. Janelle Stonebraker, Michelle's older sister, thinks that by fighting so vehemently that the suspect wounded himself and left his DNA behind, Michelle contributed to the investigation into her own murder. Iowan law mandates a life sentence without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder. 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. 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. "I cried a lot and I looked out windows all hours of the night," Martinko's mother, Janet Martinko, told Cedar Rapids' CBS station in 1987. Homerline, a soft-spoken woman who enjoyed teaching Sunday School, did everything possible to avoid attention. Authorities said Burns was last seen at his 1381 180th St. residence in Delaware County on Thursday, December 19 . This really is an excellent true crimes podcast that is different from the many others that are being produced. 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. People around him considered him to be a professional but everything fizzled out shortly after. Denlinger said he intentionally chose that day to interview Burns because it was the anniversary of Martinko's death. See Photos. 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. [1][5][6], Michelle Marie Martinko (October 6, 1961 December 19, 1979) was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. When asked that question by "48 Hours," Denlinger replied, "I don't know the answer to that. Dave Franzman, a longtime reporter at ABC Cedar Rapids affiliate KCRG, Michelle Martinko's high school friend, Elizabeth Laymon, told The Des Moines Register. 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. 'If I was there, I don't know, Burns told Denlinger. [22][12] From that, police were able to build a partial DNA profile. Glad you are liking it! "Burnsie was laying siege to New Orleans," said Lynn. He asked Burns for a sample of his DNA, but Burns said no - not without an attorney. [18][19], Controversy arose five months after the murder, after a woman who was driving by the mall parking lot in the early hours of December 20 came forward with information. [2][4][27], In pretrial hearings, Burns' attorneys claimed that police needed a search warrant to gather his DNA from the discarded straw, but the judge determined that discarded property cannot reasonably be considered private. 1, 2021 3:52 pm608d ago, Caleb McCullough Health Care and Medicine Jun. Daryl F. Gates' Police Quest: SWAT, a group of 41 people. He was arrested Wednesday on the exact day Martinko was last seen alive. Be the first one to comment on this story. or. "Murder at . He was also ordered to pay $150,00 in restitution to Martinkos estate, according to KWWL. [24], In 2018, the DNA phenotyping company took the data they had collected the year before and entered it into GEDmatch, a public genealogy website that has been used by law enforcement to solve other cold cases, most famously that of the Golden State Killer. 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. But the jury found the DNA connection convincing and after a nine-day trial, Burns was convicted of first-degree murder. They then started to locate all the people that they had originally interviewed in the investigation and collected DNA samples from over 100 different people. A Manchester man convicted of first-degree murder has announced he has hired a new attorney who will seek to exonerate him of the crime, a private investigator has told the Manchester Press . 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. "It's always the boyfriend, the girlfriend, the husband someone really close to the person. "It looks personal, it's a lot of stab wounds, it's overkill," said lead Detective Matt Denlinger of the Cedar Rapids Police Department. After reading about the Golden State Killer case in 2018, in which serial killer Joseph James DeAngelo was finally caught through a long trail of DNA, Denlinger had an epiphany: perhaps he could use that same new technique to solve the Martinko case. Through his research, he discovered that a woman named Brandy Jennings had uploaded her DNA to a website service to trace her own family history. Let's uncover where he is now in this article. The murder of Michelle Martinko occurred in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on December 19, 1979. Burns' wife, Patricia . / CBS News. He was born in 1953 and graduated from West Delaware High School in 1972. 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). Burns told the investigator about 25 times to test him, Denlinger said. 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 . [8][9] She attended Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School, where she was an above average student and well regarded by school officials. There is no known DNA evidence tying Burns to the Huisentruit case and no evidence that he knew Jodi Huisentruit. [9] After the event, she asked her friend and twirling squad teammate if she wanted to join her on a shopping trip to the Westdale Mall, which had recently opened, and where Martinko worked. Burns is being held at the Linn County jail on a $5 million cash-only bond. "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. And the crucial link is a man named Jerry Burns. LEON SPIES: The state's scenario here is that Jerry Burns, a married man with two young children at home, leaves, drives to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in the night, leaving his wife and children behind . The hearing will continue in Linn County District Court, though a date has not been set. Although the tip did not lead to any suspects, the investigator discovered what he believed to be the killer's blood while he was reviewing the case files. During this time, according to the testimony, he made a reference to 'blacking out but didn't explain it. 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. 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Months before his February . The police never received the information, and the woman did not contact police until months later, when they reissued a call for any information connected to the murder. "That threw us all off," Allison said about the incident. [7] Martinko was the younger of two daughters of Albert F. Martinko and Janet Martinko (ne Zillig). Jim grew up . Could Jerry Burns have committed murders other than Michelle Martinko's? Holst said that in reviewing Burns' computer, he found hundreds of searches and website visits - a pattern that happened several times a week. Currently, in his late 60s, he is going to spend the rest of his days behind bars. "I read the article and it talked about genetic genealogy. Jerry's hobbies included working on vehicles, hunting, fishing, racing cars, gardening, and working in the yard. More than 40 years after Jerry Lynn Burns stabbed Michelle Martinko to death, a family and a community has closure. Burns is accused of murdering Michelle Martinko in 1979. He would have been around 25-years-old when he killed Michelle Martinko in December of 1979. And he had the daunting task of trying to figure out who that could be, armed only with an unidentified sample of blood DNA. Visitation will be held from 5 Place of rest will be in the Dickson County Memorial Gardens. Jerry Burns enters the courtroom in 2020 (Image via We Are Iowa) Burns was born in Manchester, Iowa in 1953 and graduated from West . 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* 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. 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. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. What we know about Jerry Burns and the woman he's accused of killing 40 years earlier Dec 19, 2019/ updated Feb 17, 2020 Four decades ago, 18-year-old Michelle Marie Martinko was found stabbed to death in the family's car in the parking lot of a Cedar Rapids mall. The police considered the murder personal in nature based on the manner of death, according to Little Village magazine. Jerry Lynn Burns was finally arrested in October 2018 for the murder of Michelle Martinko, that took place 39 years prior. Like all the cases I cover, Michelles was solved using forensic genealogy, which led police to Jerry Lynn Burns. Martinko then asked another acquaintance to go to the mall with her; that friend said yes at first but later changed her mind. I like that it's just the facts and case without anyone trying (poorly) to be a comedian or talk about their own personal nonsense lol. He is survived by his wife, Lydia Lynn; his oldest son, Scott Lynn; and his ch On December 19, 2018, he was arrested in Manchester, Iowa, on the 39th anniversary of Michelle's death. He was sentenced to life on August 7 without the possibility of parole. "Hmm, strange," Burns responded when Cedar Rapids Police Investigator Matthew Denlinger told him he was a suspect for Martinko's death. After several trials and errors, the suspects were narrowed down to three brothers who had grown up in Manchester, Iowa. 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. You will begin to receive our Daily Courts & Public Safety updates. The case had remained a mystery for 39 years until police say new DNA genealogy technology identified Burns' DNA at the scene. [2], On December 19, 2018, exactly 39 years after Martinko's murder, Burns was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. [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. I've been reading up on this case and was wondering if they profiled this guy? Vikings Ring of Honor Coach Jerry Burns passed away Wednesday at the age of 94. A witness testified he signed this image from a newspaper article about the case. She will be remembered as a wonderful mother and wife, loving to spend time with her granddaughter . Bryan. 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. 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. "That was big, national news," said Denlinger. 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. Subscribe to the Public Safety newsletter. Burns was born in Manchester, Iowa in 1953 and graduated from West Delaware High School in 1972. According to the investigator, "Burns showed almost no emotion during the interview, even when he was eventually told he was being arrested. The defense brought only one witness, a self-described forensic DNA consultant, who testified on the possibility that police could have mishandled the evidence. [16] Based on cash found in Martinko's purse, police concluded that she had not been robbed. [14] Burns's cousin, Brian Burns, went missing on December 19, 2013 and has not been found. Burns was arrested on Dec. 19, 2018. Jerry Burns . Burns made an initial court appearance via video Thursday morning and said he would fill out an application for a court-appointed counsel. Jerry Burns. [28], After two days of jury selection, the murder trial began on February 12, 2020. Burns has hired a very high profile attorney and has said he plans to appeal his conviction, which was very largely . Police covertly obtained Burns' DNA from a drinking straw he left it on a table after eating lunch Oct. 29, 2018, at the Pizza Ranch in Manchester, testimony showed. This evidence was inadmissible at trial but was the subject of a public suppression hearing. He grew up in Manchester, Iowa, and graduated from West Delaware High School in 1972. In 2012, while serving a life sentence for an unrelated attack, the man died in prison from colon cancer. [4] Documents concluded that fewer than one in 100 billion people would match the DNA profile. 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. 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. The charge against Jerry comes as a complete shock to us and we are doing our best to carry on with our lives, the family said in the statement on Saturday. Denlinger had found the needle in the haystack. God finally won. 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. 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. family - he had 3 kids - tough to sneak away for 4 hours when you have kids unless he was on a business trip. The murder of Michelle Martinko in the parking lot of Cedar Rapids' Westdale Mall has some eerie connections to the Huisentruit case. Family and friends of Jerry Burns are seated in the courtroom at a sentencing hearing for Jerry Lynn Burns at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. Over 40 years ago, teenager Michelle Martinko was stabbed to death outside a mall in Cedar Rapids . Jerry Lynn Burns appeared in Linn County this morning on a video monitor from jail where he had his bail set at $5 million. They then used genealogical data as well as a covertly collected DNA sample from Burns to positively identify him, authorities said. [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. Her father died in 1995 and her mother died in 1998. She never had any school problems. Log In. She was seen inside the mall by friends and coworkers because Martinko worked in the mall. [12] Martinko, who was a senior in high school when she was killed, had plans to attend Iowa State University to study interior design. (Supreme Court No. During this difficult time and as the justice system runs its course we ask that our privacy be respected.. 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. In 2006, a cold case investigator discovered unidentified blood, presumably belonging to the killer, while he was reviewing case files. Convicted murderer Jerry Burns, 66, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday in the 1979 murder of Michelle Martinko, 18. He also wished the Burns family well, saying they now have to pick up the pieces of their lives just like the Martinko family did. He lived in Manchester at the time of his arrest in 2020 and owned a powder coating business in the city. His ex-wife, Patricia, committed suicide in 2008, and his cousin . See Photos. Jerry Lynn Burns was arrested in the 1979 killing of Michelle Martinko. William Brangham: Turns out the murderer was a distant, distant relative of Jennings. 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. The defense also requested the trial be moved out of Linn County based on the amount of attention the case had received over the past four decades, as well as "pervasive and prejudicial pretrial publicity". 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. [2] The police received more than 100 tips following the release of the new images. The next day, she was found stabbed to death in the mall parking lot. . [25] He refused to voluntarily provide a sample of DNA, but was compelled to do so with a search warrant. At the time of her death, police had found Martinko stabbed to death in her car in a local mall parking lot. Mason City police won't disclose whether or not they are now looking at Jerry Burns as a suspect in that case. The Vikings organization is mourning the loss of the innovator, colorful . On Dec. 19, 1979, Michelle Martinko, 18, left a school banquet and drove her family's car to the Westdale Mall in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to buy a winter coat, Cedar Rapids police said. Jerry Lynn Burns was finally arrested in October 2018 for the murder of Michelle Martinko, that took place 39 years prior. The Realm, a group of 34 people. [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. Jerry Lynn Burns' DNA sample was collected from a plastic straw he drank soda with. Viewers also wondered if there was a connection to the disappearance of Burns' cousin, Brian Burns. And the crucial link is a man named Jerry Burns. He was born on December 09, 1952 to Harold Eugene and Virginia Burns in Osceola, Arkansas. "I am happy Michelle finally gets justice.". [10][11] She was also a talented performer, joined the twirling squad as a sophomore, and performed in choirs and theater productions. Reporter covering state and federal courts. Although Burns's arrest in the Martinko case raised questions about the two incidents, police do not believe Burns was involved in either one. 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. The police used the information to create a partial DNA profile. State of Iowa. "I did not see this day coming," Franzman said on a broadcast this week. Denlinger said they were uploaded to GEDmatch by Parabon NanoLabs, a private company the department worked with. "I talked to myself and didn't know what to do Then you have to pray.". Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. State prosecutors also showed a video interview they secretly recorded in 2018, after matching Burns' DNA to the crime scene and getting a search warrant to obtain further DNA. [9] She was fully dressed, and the medical examiner determined she had not been sexually assaulted. wife was deter mined to be a distant cousi n to many of the Subject's more . Through the use of advanced technologies, DNA samples from the offender were obtained. ABC News' Matt Foster and Ahmad Hemingway contributed to this report. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. 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. 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. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Nicholas Curran . 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