Background
Victoria Skarda, 33, was found dead in her Iowa City condo on Jan. 6, 2025, after police received a 911 call from the man she lived with and whom she had a 3-year-old child. He told police that “a girl” had passed out inside the residence and was cold.
Police found Skarda with injuries consistent with an assault, lying on her back in the hallway leading toward the bedrooms, according to court documents…