State v. Klindt

LARSON, Justice.

James B. Klindt was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of his wife, Joyce. He contends (1) the court erred in allowing the State to use scientific and statistical evidence to show that a detached torso was Joyce’s; (2) that a tape-recorded conversation between Klindt and his wife, was improperly admitted; and (3) the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict. We affirm.

Joyce Klindt disappeared from her Davenport, Iowa, home on March 18,1983. On April 16, 1983, fishermen found a female torso lodged against a bank of the Mississippi River. The torso had been…