53-year-old George Deason sentenced to 50 years for 2020 murder of mother Elsie Deason with a slapjack in Cedar Rapids.

53-year-old George Deason has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for the murder of his 71-year-old mother, Elsie Deason, in Cedar Rapids. In July 2020, Deason assaulted his mother with a slapjack, a whip-like weapon, causing her a traumatic brain injury that led to her death three weeks later. The Linn County judge found him guilty of second-degree murder in March 2022.

June 04, 2024
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