Ward found guilty of murder, arson

CHRIS BALDUS, Clinton Herald, Iowa

25 March 2024 at 11:59 pm·1-min read

Mar. 25—A Clinton County jury on Friday found Trevor Allan Jeorge Ward, 32, guilty of first-degree murder and first-degree arson.

His sentencing hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m., May 30, at the Clinton County Courthouse. The murder conviction comes with a mandatory life sentence without possibility for parole or probation.

Prosecution proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the former Clinton man fatally stabbed Dustin C. Doran on March 26, 2022, in Doran's apartment at 78 31st Ave. N, Clinton, where he also started a fire that had to be extinguished by the Clinton Fire Department.

Ward's jury trial began Monday, March 18, in the Clinton County Courthouse before District Court Judge Tamra Roberts.

Ward was represented by attorneys Theresa Sampson Brown and Steven J. Drahozal.

The prosecution was by Assistant State Attorney General Frank Severino Jr. and Clinton County Attorney Michael L. Wolf.

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