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A Shenandoah man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison in connection with the July 2009 death of 29-year old Holly Durben, of Shenandoah. The Daily NonPareil says Fourth District Judge Timothy O’Grady also ordered 34-year old Brian Davis to pay court costs in the case, make restitution for his court-appointed attorneys, and pay $150,000 to either the estate of Holly Durben or her heirs. In a February bench trial, O’Grady found Davis guilty of first-degree murder in Durben’s July 18, 2009 death.
Durben was found with a shotgun wound to her head in the couple’s bedroom at the farmhouse where they lived, about four miles south of Shenandoah on U.S. Highway 59. Prosecutors have said Durben’s death was a homicide staged to look like a suicide. Davis’ attorneys maintained that Durben killed herself.
Davis was transported to the Iowa Medical and Classification Center in Oakdale, where he will begin his sentence immediately. Davis has the right to appeal the sentence within 30 days of his sentencing Thursday. Before the sentencing in the Fremont County Courthouse defense attorneys Eric Nelson, Joseph Reedy and Michael Hooper filed a motion for a new trial, which Judge O’Grady denied.
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