Iowa Teens Jeremy Goodale, Willard Miller were stalked by Spanish teacher Nohema Graber before murder, prosecutors say

The Hispanic teacher murdered in Fairfield, Iowa, Prosecutors allege in November there wasn’t much of a chance to see that happen. Two 16-year-old suspects monitor her every move, waiting for the right moment to strike.

The charges are part of a December 23 court application against Jeremy Goodale, one of two teenagers charged with the brutal murder of 66-year-old Nohema Graber. Prosecutors charged Goodale and Willard Miller, both students of Graber, with first-degree murder and conspiracy. Both are on trial as adults.

According to court records, first reported by Related pressGoodale and Miller mapped out Graber’s daily schedule, analyzing when she would go out for a daily walk. On November 2, prosecutors said, two men ambushed her and took her into the woods to kill her. Prosecutors allege they later returned to better hide her body.

Graber was declared missing before her body was found later that day under a tarp at a park, with her cause of death listed as “head trauma.”

The pair were raised after Goodale associates reported social media exchanges that appeared to indicate Goodale was aware of Graber’s disappearance, the murder and Miller’s involvement, according to the 4th. November criminal complain against two.

That allowed prosecutors to obtain a search warrant for Goodale, and they are said to have found clothing matching items found at the crime scene that appeared to be covered in blood. Authorities said Miller was interviewed by detectives and admitted to being at the park where Graber was found and providing some of the tools used to kill her.

Goodale and Miller’s motives have yet to be revealed. Goodale and Miller both took Spanish classes at Graber’s high school, but authorities have not linked any disagreements between teachers and students with her killing.

23 filings, prosecutor Chauncy Molding wrote that care should be taken when trying Goodale as an adult because he turned 18 after two years, potentially making him eligible for release. early for murder if he is tried as a juvenile.

“This prosecuting attorney cannot understand any combination of programs at any juvenile facility in Iowa that would appropriately treat or rehabilitate the defendant if found guilty. treated like a minor,” Molding wrote, according to the Associated Press.