(Onawa, IA) A western Iowa jury has found a teenager guilty of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of another teen. Sixteen-year-old Joseph Hopkins was killed in Mapleton in late January last year. The Monona County jury took less than three hours of deliberations to find 18-year-old Jay Neubaum guilty. When he is sentenced next month Neubaum will face up to 50 years in prison. During his closing arguments, Assistant State Attorney General Marty Platz told jurors the shooting wasn’t an accident. Defense attorney Laury Lau maintained only bits and pieces of the truth were actually presented. Neubaum faces sexual assault charges in a separate trial.
Western Iowa Jury Finds Teenager Guilty Of Murder
May 21, 2021 | 6:26 AM
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