3, 2021, slaying of Fairfield High School teacher Nohema Graber, whose body was discovered in a Fairfield city park, hidden under a tarp, wheelbarrow and railroad ties. Miller and Goodale were both 16 when they were charged with the Nov. "We're glad the defendants have taken responsibility for the crime they committed and look forward to making sure justice is done at sentencing," Jefferson County Attorney Chauncey Moulding said following the hearings. They will recommend co-defendant Jeremy Goodale, who had agreed to testify against Miller, be eligible for parole after 25 years.
IOWA TEENS AMBUSHED TEACHER TRIAL
Willard Miller had been set to go to trial later this week, Prosecutors will recommend he receive life in prison with eligibility for parole after 30 years. Witnesses saw her van leaving the park less than an hour later with two males in the front seat.Nearly 18 months after a pair of Fairfield teens bludgeoned a Spanish teacher to death after a dispute over a bad grade ― a brutal tragedy that shook the southeast Iowa city and people across the state ― they pleaded guilty to first-degree murder Tuesday in Jefferson County Court. Graber later drove her van to a park where she was known to take walks after work, authorities say. 2, 2021, to discuss his poor grade in her class. Investigators have said that Miller met with Graber at the high school on the afternoon of Nov.
The two were charged as adults because of the severity of the crime, but they weren’t subject to a mandatory sentence of life without parole because they were 16. “Afterwards, we removed any evidence that we could.” “After he had struck Nohema Graber, he then moved her off of the trail where I then struck her and she died as a result,” Goodale said. He said Miller “brought a bat among other supplies to go through with the murder.” Graber,” Goodale said as he entered his plea. 2 of 2021, I met Willard Miller at Chautauqua Park, and I understood that he had intent to kill Mrs. Goodale had previously agreed to testify against Miller at his trial, which was expected to begin later this week. Goodale testified that they planned the killing for about two weeks, after Miller recruited him to help. For Goodale, prosecutors said they'll recommend a sentence between 25 years and life with the possibility of parole. The town of Fairfield is home to some 9,400 people and is around 100 miles (160 kilometers) southeast of Des Moines.Īs part of an agreement with Miller, prosecutors will recommend a sentence between 30 years and life in prison, with the possibility of parole.
The Fairfield High School teacher's body was found hidden in the park under a tarp, wheelbarrow and railroad ties. Goodale testified that Miller initiated the plan to kill Graber and each of them struck her. Miller admitted helping plan and carry out the killing but denied ever hitting Graber. The two were 16 at the time.Įvidence shows both Miller and Goodale struck the 66-year-old teacher while she was taking her regular after-school walk, prosecutors say. Prosecutors said Willard Miller and Jeremy Goodale carried out the 2021 attack on Nohema Graber because of a bad grade she had given Miller. Both pleaded guilty Tuesday to first degree murder. Two Iowa teenagers admitted helping ambush and kill their high school Spanish teacher who was beaten to death in a park with a baseball bat.
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