ALBIA, IA (IRN) – An Albia woman convicted of killing her husband has been sentenced to life in prison. The Daily Iowegian reports that 47-year-old Barbara Pasa, of Centerville, received the mandatory life sentence on Friday. The badly burned body of 50-year-old Tim Pasa was found in a bed on May 5, 2018, and investigators determined the fire at the Centerville home was started intentionally. An autopsy determined his death was related to an injection of an anesthetic. Barbara Pasa was a nurse at a Centerville hospital at the time of her husband’s death.Investigators say she had bought a $200,000 life insurance policy on her husband. He had also told family members he believed his wife was poisoning him.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A former West Des Moines record store owner could spend up to three decades in prison after planting a hidden camera in the bathroom to record underage girls.
WHO-TV reports Robert Kuhn was arrested nearly two years ago when a young girl told police she found a camera after Kuhn sent her to try on clothes in the restroom.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Police in Iowa City are asking for the public’s help to locate the driver of a car that struck a seven-year-old then left the scene on Friday evening. KCRG-TV reports the child was transported to a hospital with minor injuries. The vehicle was described as a black sedan with two yellow triangular flags with black lettering attached to the doors.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Mark Cady, Chief Justice of Iowa’s Supreme Court, has died of a heart attack. Cady was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1998 and has served as chief justice since 2011. He wrote the unanimous opinion for the court in 2009 that made Iowa the third state to permit same-sex marriages.