But when one considers why the song’s outro sounds the way it does, the track takes on a more haunting feel. An artist dying at any point in their career is a tragedy. But when an artist dies before ...

Connect with the message of Are You Washed in the Blood by reading its lyrics and understanding its call to faith and spiritual readiness.

Hoffman's body was found in that lake in Iowa County on Feb. 18, 2024. Court documents state VanPatten helped McKinley Louisma kidnap and murder Hoffman.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KWWL) -- McKinley Louisma, one of the men charged with the murder of Marion woman Melody Hoffman, has been convicted on all counts.

He is accused of killing 20-year-old Melody Hoffman. LINN COUNTY, Iowa (KWWL) -- Testimony resumed on Wednesday in McKinley Lousma's murder trial. He is accused of killing 20-year-old Melody Hoffman.

McKinley Louisma, 23, of Hiawatha, is charged with first-degree murder in the kidnapping and fatal strangulation of Melody Hoffman, 20, on Feb. 17. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) ...

The murder trial for McKinley Louisma, accused of kidnapping and killing Melody Hoffman, 20, of Marion, started Monday in Linn County. The prosecutor told the jury her slaying was “depraved and ...

McKinley Louisma is charged with irst-degree murder of the death of 20-year-old Melody Hoffman. Louisma is also charged with first-degree kidnapping and conspiracy to commit forcible felony.

On Wednesday, Sept. 18, a federal judge sentenced Melody Sasser, 48, of Knoxville, to 100 months in prison, the equivalent of 8 years and four months, in a murder-for-hire plot, the U.S. Attorney ...

A new jury trial date is set for one of two men charged in the death of Melody Hoffman of Marion. Dakota Van Patten 's trial is now scheduled for March 3, 2025.

The third suspect, Logan Kimpton, who allegedly helped the two buy the weapons used but "chickened out" before the murder, has also pled not guilty. Kimpton will go to trial July 30th in Linn County.