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Cedar Rapids Man Charged With 2016 Murder Of Fort Dodge Man

By Mandy Billings Feb 3, 2023 | 9:15 AM

(Cedar Rapids, IA)  —  A Cedar Rapids man is charged with murder in the 2016 death of a man from Fort Dodge.  Christopher Johnson was arrested Thursday and charged with first-degree murder.  Investigators accuse him of shooting Donald Preston to death while driving in rural Webster County in December of 2016.  He’ll appear in court today.

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