CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Court records show a judge will read their verdict in the Matthew Schleier case on Monday, April 27.
Matthew Schleier is charged with first degree murder in the strangling death of his 5-year-old son, Jack, at their home in Marion in October 2024. Schleier is using the insanity defense.
Prosecutors argue that Schleier wanted peace and relief from the stress caused by son’s food allergies; this, they argued, motivated him to kill his son…