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. She claimed to have seen two cars in the lot, one of which was Martinko's, and a man standing next to the open driver's side door of Martinko's car. You have permission to edit this article. "Hmm, strange," Burns responded when Cedar Rapids Police Investigator Matthew Denlinger told him he was a suspect for Martinko's death. 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. Further the Iowa Department of Corrections assumes no legal liability or . Cutting-edge DNA technology was used to solve the cold case. His trial was originally scheduled for October 14, 2019, but in September the defense requested a delay in order to gather more evidence and interview witnesses. Allison, who's being held on drug charges in Linn County, says the two played the card game pinochle often. Accountability doled out to suspects. His ex-wife, Patricia, committed suicide in 2008, and his cousin Brian Burns astonishingly disappeared. In October 2018, DNA was covertly collected from an Iowa man, Jerry Lynn Burns, and was found to match the sample discovered on Martinko's clothing. The new technique, started this year with the "Golden State Killer," has identified over two dozen suspects. On August 7, 2020, Burns was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Murderer Jerry Lynn Burns was not caught for almost 40 years. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. 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Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Denlinger said no. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. 20-1150 APPEAL FROM THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR LINN COUNTY HONORABLE FAE E. HOOVER . [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. timing. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette). Gerald Edward "Jake" Merriner, 92, of Jane Lew passed away on Monday, February 27, 2023 in the Stonewall Jackson Hospital. "In a genetic genealogy database we can reverse engineer the [suspect's family] tree from their distant" relatives who have submitted DNA, Moore said. Burns repeatedly said he didn't know how his DNA was found at the crime scene. Dave Franzman, a longtime reporter at ABC Cedar Rapids affiliate KCRG, even covered the case at the time of Michelle Martinko's killing. The detective on the case, Matt Denlinger, gave me some interesting details. Jeremy Lynn (born June 12, 1963), better known by the ring name Jerry Lynn, is an American retired professional wrestler currently signed with All Elite Wrestling as a producer and coach. Definitely fascinating! 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. The similarities were eerie two pretty, young women, both meeting their final fate in parking lots in Iowa, 16 years apart, in cases that went unsolved for decades. Please logout and login again. 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. When the police executed a search warrant for Burns home and office, they found a computer search history that included blonde females, assault, rape, strangulation, murder, abuse and rape of a deceased individual, and cannibalism.. Anthony Rex officiating. Investigators used the blood samples to develop a partial male DNA profile. Vikings Ring of Honor Coach Jerry Burns passed away Wednesday at the age of 94. See if it is.. Burns' defense team objected to the wording of one of the prosecution's questions, which they claimed implied unequivocally that Burns' blood had been at the scene. 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. He said Burns had no memory of being at the crime scene. "It looks personal, it's a lot of stab wounds, it's overkill," said lead Detective Matt Denlinger of the Cedar Rapids Police Department. On December 19, 2018, exactly 39 years after Martinko's murder, the police confronted Burns and arrested him after his DNA matched the one found on Martinko's clothes. Spies asked if he had consent from Burns to take the lunch straw for testing. [11] As the investigation dwindled, a $10,000 reward was offered for information that would lead police to the killer. December . But Denlinger did get consent from Janice Burns, Burns' first cousin, and collected her DNA for testing, he said. Jerry Lynn Burns was finally arrested in October 2018 for the murder of Michelle Martinko, that took place 39 years prior. This really is an excellent true crimes podcast that is different from the many others that are being produced. They had investigated more than 100 people over the years, and all were dead ends. In October 2018, an investigator was able to snag a straw used by one of the three brothers, Jerry Lynn Burns, and tested it against the sample, getting a match. Police said they were able to connect Burns to the case with DNA evidence. God finally won. 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. During the trials, Burns was found to contradict his own statements. Thirty-nine years to the day after she was killed, a suspect was charged thanks to DNA and genetic genealogy. The 55 year-old Delaware County man was last seen on December 19, 2013 - 34 years to the day of Martinko's murder. They . [26] He was not able to provide an explanation for why his DNA would have been present at the crime scene. Jerry Burns enters the courtroom in 2020 (Image via We Are Iowa) Burns was born in Manchester, Iowa in 1953 and graduated from West . Hi all - I discuss the case of Michelle Martinko, who was murdered in 1979 in Iowa, this week on DNA: ID podcast. Jerry Burns appeals his conviction for murder in the first degree. After the arrest this week of Jerry Burns in the 1979 killing of 18-year-old Michelle Martinko, an Iowa city is left shocked, saddened, and skeptical. 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. Blond / All American Girls - Jodi was a bit older. Michelle Martinko, Kennedy High School yearbook photo, 1979. Jerry Lynn Burns appeared in Linn County this morning on a video monitor from jail where he had his bail set at $5 million. 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. 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". DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWWL) - State prosecutors called a former cellmate of Jerry Burns in his murder trial, which continued Tuesday in Scott County. In fact, his father Harvey, now 85, had been one of the original officers on the case 40 years earlier. Your login session has expired. Months before his February . [11] They described a white man in his late teens or early 20s, around six feet tall and weighing 165175 pounds, with brown eyes and curly brown hair. You will begin to receive our Daily Courts & Public Safety updates. This technology helped the FBI arrest notorious serial killer, serial rapist, and burglar Joseph James DeAngelo (nicknamed Golden State Killer) in 2018. And the crucial link is a man named Jerry Burns. Life legacy Wallace Jerry Huggins Funeral services will be Tuesday April 11, 2017 at 1 PM from the Chapel of the Taylor Funeral Home with Bro. The Delaware County Sheriff said it did review the case after Burns' arrest and "feels that was clearly the case.". [2][23] On December 19, 2018, investigators went to Burns' business in Manchester, Iowa, to interview him. At long last, in 2018, Jerry Lynn was caught and blamed for the teen's manslaughter and, in spite of the fact that it had been a very long time after the wrongdoing, the once cool case is right now a subject of discussion on A&E's executioner cases. Jerry knew he was called to be a preacher at the age of 13 and after many years of arguing with God. 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 . 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. Burns had previously been married to Patricia Burns, who died in 2008 from suicide. [36][37], On August 7, 2020, Burns was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Jerry Lynn Burns faces a first degree murder charge in the killing of Michelle Martinko. Jerry Lynn Burns is pictured in a booking photo released by the Linn County Sheriff's Office on Dec. 20, 2018. While that tip did not yield any new leads, it did cause Det. [15], On the evening of December 19, 1979, Martinko attended a banquet for the Kennedy Concert Choir at the Sheraton Inn in Cedar Rapids. Burns kept pointing to the swab, he testified, and saying, 'Test it. She was stabbed multiple times in the face, neck, and chest. 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 . Head coach Jerry Burns of the Minnesota Vikings looks on during a 27-14 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh on Sept. 24, 1989. . [9] Martinko was found inside collapsed over the passenger seat and stabbed to death. 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. 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. 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. The police considered the murder personal in nature based on the manner of death, according to Little Village magazine. 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. The case had remained a mystery for 39 years until police say new DNA genealogy technology identified Burns' DNA at the scene. The murder of Michelle Martinko in the parking lot of Cedar Rapids' Westdale Mall has some eerie connections to the Huisentruit case. Jerry Burns. He was sentenced to life on August 7 without the possibility of parole. 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. Oral Argument Schedule. Teen Michelle Martinko was stabbed to death in 1979. Tests eliminated the other two brothers as suspects, but the DNA from Burns' straw matched the blood found on Martinko's clothing. The murder of Michelle Martinko in the parking lot of Cedar Rapids' Westdale Mall has some eerie connections to the Huisentruit case. I just began listening to the DNA:ID podcast. Thus began the quest to finally nab Martinko's killers. Feb. 1, 2019 | The Des Moines Register. Yet they had a DNA match linking the Manchester man to the Cedar Rapids teenager, slain in 1979 outside the Westdale Mall. [14] Burns's cousin, Brian Burns, went missing on December 19, 2013 and has not been found. However, in 2006, a tip came into the Cedar Rapids police department. Denlinger does NOT believe Burns is responsible for Jodi Huisentruit - rather that he admired/fantasized about whatever happened to her. READ NEXT: Serial Killers Ex Thinks There Were More Victims, Parents of Murdered Teenager Did Not Live to See Her Killer Brought to Justice, Please review our privacy policy here: https://heavy.com/privacy-policy/, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. 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. Around 4 a.m., Martinko was found inside her familys Buick Electra. Mail, proper postage prepaid, addressed to Jerry L. Burns, No. During the investigation, the police assumed that there were personal motives involved in the murder due to the nature of Martinko's stab wounds. [34], On February 24, 2020, after three hours of deliberation, the jury found Jerry Lynn Burns guilty of first degree murder of Michelle Martinko. I am a brokenhearted mother.. The Realm, a group of 34 people. Burns also built himself a new home on his parents' land and opened a gas station and convenience store nearby. Ahead of the Dateline NBC episode about her death, heres what you need to know about the crime, the perpetrator, and what sentence he received at trial. This sounds like a serial killer. The defense brought only one witness, a self-described forensic DNA consultant, who testified on the possibility that police could have mishandled the evidence. CEDAR RAPIDS - Police investigators couldn't find evidence that Jerry Burns and Michelle Martinko knew each other. Investigators also showed Burns two renderings DNA labs had supplied them of possible suspects; he questioned their likeness to him. He began working with Parabon NanoLabs, now a leading company helping police solve crimes through genetic tracing. Be the first one to comment on this story. Convicted murderer Jerry Burns, 66, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday in the 1979 murder of Michelle Martinko, 18. Like all the cases I cover, Michelle's was solved using forensic genealogy, which led police to Jerry Lynn Burns. . In 2018, familial DNA identified a suspect named Jerry Lynn Burns, and the case was finally laid to rest with the accused getting sentenced to life in prison without parole. 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. "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. Reporter covering state and federal courts. Denlinger said they went to Burns' business, Advanced Powder Coating Concepts in Manchester, and he agreed to talk with them. On February 24, 2020, after three hours of deliberation, the jury found Jerry Lynn Burns guilty of first-degree murder of Michelle Martinko. Rumors began to circulate about the crime. [9] She was last seen almost 9p.m. outside of a jewelry store in the mall. A struggle followed in which Michelle was stabbed and sliced by a knife almost 30 times in a horrific murder that police initially believed had to be a crime of passion. Burns stated that DNA evidence had been mishandled in 1979 in one instance, but denied ever being present on the night of the murder in another. On December 20, 2018, a district judge set his bond at $5 million. Iowan law mandates a life sentence without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder. . Updated on: August 4, 2021 / 2:29 PM 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. He may be one of the relatively rare "one and done" killers that we have learned about now that we have vastly improved DNA analysis technology. . JERRY M. LYNN "Bear" Crown Point, Indiana Jerry M. "Bear" Lynn, age 59, of Crown Point, IN passed away on April 4, 2010. She had been stabbed 21 times in the face, neck, and chest. At the time of his arrest, Burns ran a powder-coating business called, Advanced Coating Concepts. Unfortunately, Martinkos parents did not survive to see her killer brought to justice. Michelle Martinko was an 18yr old student from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA. Jerry Lynn Burns will be in prison for the rest of his days. Burns was arrested on Dec. 19, 2018. Allison said he and Burns had a good relationship at first but it eventually turned sour. 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. Thanks to advances in technology and DNA evidence, a jury in an Iowa courthouse . He is survived by his wife, Lydia Lynn; his oldest son, Scott Lynn; and his ch There is no known DNA evidence tying Burns to the Huisentruit case and no evidence that he knew Jodi Huisentruit. But it was another technique from Parabon -- genetic genealogy -- that led investigators to Burns, CeCe Moore, Parabon's chief genetic genealogist, told ABC News. [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. 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. In December 1979, Martinko, a high school senior who was on the twirling squad at Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, went to the recently opened Westdale Mall after her choir banquet at school to buy a new winter coat. Ken and Don were not a match but Jerry Burns' DNA was a match, to an almost perfect scientific certainty. Martinko then asked another acquaintance to go to the mall with her; that friend said yes at first but later changed her mind. Jerry Lynn Burns was finally arrested in October 2018 for the murder of Michelle Martinko, that took place 39 years prior. But he said he and another investigator had no plans to arrest Burns that day. [26] When the DNA sample was tested, it matched the blood sample found at the crime scene. ", First published on November 6, 2020 / 8:47 AM. I couldnt have said it better myself, and Im the podcaster! "Burnsie was laying siege to New Orleans," said Lynn. Denlinger then told him he had a search warrant for his DNA. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Nicholas Curran . . 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. But the jury found the DNA connection convincing and after a nine-day trial, Burns was convicted of first-degree murder. William Brangham: Turns out the murderer was a distant, distant relative of Jennings. Log in or sign up for Facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? To learn the entire story of Michelle Martinko's murder, watch Dateline: Unforgettable at 10 pm on Oxygen 79. I've seen several articles that said he might be tied to other murders. Visitation will be held from 5 She will be remembered as a wonderful mother and wife, loving to spend time with her granddaughter . [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. He said he thought Burns might have a 'conscience.. Ha ha. When Burns disposed of the straw, the investigator collected it and tested it for DNA. In 2006, a cold case investigator discovered unidentified blood, presumably belonging to the killer, while he was reviewing case files. His ex-wife, Patricia, committed suicide in 2008, and his cousin . This "tragic case" had been "haunting this community for 39 years," Cedar Rapids Police Chief Wayne Jerman said Wednesday. A witness testified he signed this image from a newspaper article about the case. 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. The DNA was uploaded to the law enforcement database called Combined DNA Index System, or CODIS, but investigators never found a match, police said. Jan. 16, 2020 7:49 pm, Updated: Jan. 17, 2020 2:37 pm. Denlinger began contacting genealogy companies for help in trying to find a family tree that could lead to the person whose DNA matched that found at the crime scene. 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. "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. Familial matches let them narrow down the suspect list to three brothers from Manchester, Iowa. 'If I was there, I don't know, Burns told Denlinger. 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.. And he said he couldn't talk about it," Michael Allison said, who shared a cell with Burns starting in September 2019. But by 2 a.m., her father called the police because she had not returned home. Yeah, it's really really good! Denlinger said he intentionally chose that day to interview Burns because it was the anniversary of Martinko's death. 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