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Accused Killer of Burlington Woman to Face Music

By on February 27, 2013
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A ONE-TIME BURLINGTON MAN NOW ACCUSED OF SHOOTING HIS WIFE TO DEATH LAST AUGUST, SAYS HE WON’T FIGHT EXTRADITION BACK TO IOWA. 

38-YEAR OLD CHICO NEWMAN WAS ARRESTED ON A FIRST DEGREE MURDER WARRANT MONDAY NITE IN MOLINE(IL)…AND YESTERDAY(TUE) AFTERNOON HE APPEARED IN ROCK ISLAND COUNTY COURT, WHERE HE AGREED TO RETURN TO DES MOINES COUNTY TO FACE THE CHARGE.   

 

THE BODY OF 32-YEAR OLD CRYSTAL NEWMAN WAS FOUND IN THE COUPLE’S HOME IN THE 800 BLOCK OF SOUTH 8TH STREET;  SHE HAD BEEN SHOT ONCE IN THE HEAD.  BURLINGTON POLICE RECENTLY GOT SOME INFORMATION THEY HAD BEEN WAITING FOR FROM THE STATE CRIME LAB, SHOWING THAT THE DEATH HAD BEEN A HOMICIDE AND NOT A SUICIDE.