The 18-year-old was violent, wouldn’t eat or drink, before he died
CEDAR RAPIDS — Cedar Rapids police officers responded to a call regarding an unconscious or dead person on Nov. 9, 2024, but they only had to walk inside the mobile home to determine a person was dead after being “struck” by an overwhelming odor, a prosecutor said in his opening Thursday.
The officers found the body of 18-year-old Ezekiel Baseme inside the mobile home at 2504 Roemig St. SW, Assistant Linn County Attorney Geoffrey Van Deusen said…