CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The prosecution will present its first witnesses Thursday in the Luke Truesdell murder trial.
Truesdell is accused of beating Amanda Parker, 33, Romondus Cooper, 44, Keonna Ryan, 26, and Brent Brown, 34, to death with a metal pipe in June 2024 in rural Linn County. He pleaded not guilty in July.
In opening statements Wednesday, the prosecution said it would show video surveillance of the property on the day of the murders, body camera footage of officers arriving, and the 911 call…