DES MOINES, Iowa — EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains descriptions of domestic violence that may be disturbing to some.
A Des Moines man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole after being found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2024 beating death of his girlfriend, Holly Snowgren, the Polk County Attorney’s Office said in a press release.
61-year-old Derrick A. Earnest’s sentencing comes nearly a year and a half after he beat Snowgren in an alley east of Good Park, between 14th Street and 14th Place…