Iowa Resident Arrested for Breaking Into Ankeny Home and Attacking Man

Iowa Man Arrested in Connection With Ankeny Home Attack

I can’t imagine anything worse than losing your wife—and then getting attacked in your own home the very next day. But that’s exactly what happened to a 68-year-old man in Ankeny, Iowa.

According to police, a man named Gemiere Goodwin walked into this grieving widower’s home, claimed he was there to check on the “water shut off,” then violently choked him out—not once, but twice.

The victim was left unconscious on the floor, bleeding from the head, eye swollen shut, safe and belongings stolen. It wasn’t random. Turns out, the attacker had a disturbing connection to someone the victim once trusted inside that home…

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