MARION, Iowa (AP) — A man has been found guilty of killing a woman whose body was found rolled in a blanket inside a trailer in the Cedar Rapids suburb of Marion. Court records say 28-year-old Gregory Davis was convicted Friday of first-degree murder. Prosecutors say he killed 29-year-old Carrie Davis in September 2017. Authorities say the two were not related but had lived together. His lawyers say Gregory Davis never denied killing Carrie Davis. He claimed insanity and/or diminished responsibility as his defense.

(Radio Iowa) — A 12-year-old boy died in a lawnmower accident this weekend in northeast Iowa. The Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim as Carson McGrane of Fairbank. Authorities say the boy was operating a riding lawnmower Saturday afternoon in Fairbank when the mower rolled on top of him. McGrane was taken to a hospital where he died. It’s believed McGrane had shut down the mower, but it began to roll backward on an incline – hitting McGrane and pinning him underneath.

Officials with the Council Bluffs Police Department report two people were injured during a vehicle versus motorcycle collision that took place a little after 8:30-p.m., Sunday, at N. 27th and W. Broadway Streets. Authorities say a westbound vehicle attempting to turn south onto 27th St collided with a motorcycle traveling eastbound on West Broadway St.

The driver of the vehicle, 18-year old Dominick Kass, suffered minor injuries and was transported from the scene by private vehicle. The driver of the motorcycle was transported to Nebraska Medicine by CBFD and has unknown serious injuries. Their name was not immediately released, and pending notification of family.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa authorities are investigating a fatal police shooting in the Des Moines suburb of Ankeny. The Des Moines Register reports Ankeny Police Lt. Brian Kroska says an officer fatally shot a man suspected of robbing a Hy-Vee gas station Saturday after he pointed a handgun at the officer.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe is going to Iowa this week to try to get fellow Democrats fired up ahead of November’s elections. The Washington Post reports that McAuliffe plans to visit Des Moines on Tuesday. In a written statement, McAuliffe said Democrats can’t afford “to sit on the sidelines when the heart and soul of our country is on the line.”

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A man previously arrested on suspicion of participating in a robbery that led to the stabbing death at a Council Bluffs homeless shelter has now been charged with first-degree murder in the case. Council Bluffs police say 20-year-old James Michael McCauley was served with a warrant for the upgraded charge on Thursday for the March death of 44-year-old Lee Johnson. McCauley was served at the Pottawattamie County Jail, where he was being held on the robbery charge.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A jury has convicted a Des Moines man of first-degree murder and burglary in the shooting death last year of his estranged wife. The Des Moines Register reports that 51-year-old Harold Dudley was found guilty Friday in the June 2017 death of 36-year-old Mary Dudley, of Des Moines. Prosecutors showed videos that captured Harold Dudley peering around a corner at his wife’s apartment holding a handgun before he kicked in her door and fired six times.