LINN COUNTY, Iowa — State and defense attorneys have rested their cases after six days of testimony in the trial of a man accused of helping his friend murder a Marion woman.
Dakota Van Patten was arrested and charged with first-degree murder after investigators say McKinley Louisma told them his name.
Melody Hoffman, 20, was found dead on February 18, 2024 at Amana Lily Lake, but investigators believe she was killed in the early hours of that day at Morgan Creek Park in Cedar Rapids…