Court denies change of venue for Cedar Rapids man charged in stabbing death of Devonna Walker

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – A District Court Judge has denied a motion to move the trial of the man charged in the stabbing death of Devonna Walker outside of Linn County. Attorneys for Shane Teslik filed a motion for a change of venue back in January, arguing there’s a substantial likelihood that a fair trial cannot be had in the county due to pretrial publicity. In the motion, Teslik’s attorneys argued there have been an “immeasurable number of media and social media accounts” posting inaccurate, misleading, and unfair posts about the incident.

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