Man convicted of murder in Adair County, Iowa stabbing

A sentencing date has not been set yet.

Read the full article on KETV 7

An Iowa jury convicted a man Monday in a deadly stabbing in 2025. A jury found Yudiel Vega-Blanco guilty of first-degree murder and willful injury causing bodily injury. Greenfield police arrested Vega-Blanco in April 2025 at a home in Greenfield. Court documents alleged he stabbed Carlos Garcia Escalona in the chest with a knife from the kitchen. Escalona died at the scene.A second person inside the home was hurt but survived. No sentencing date has been set yet for Vega-Blanco.

ADAIR COUNTY, Iowa —

An Iowa jury convicted a man Monday in a deadly stabbing in 2025.

A jury found Yudiel Vega-Blanco guilty of first-degree murder and willful injury causing bodily injury. Greenfield police arrested Vega-Blanco in April 2025 at a home in Greenfield.

Court documents alleged he stabbed Carlos Garcia Escalona in the chest with a knife from the kitchen. Escalona died at the scene.

A second person inside the home was hurt but survived.

No sentencing date has been set yet for Vega-Blanco.

Omaha, US

9:50 am, Jul 17, 2026

80°F

Sunny

71 %

1017 mb

8 mph

Wind Gust 10 mph

Clouds 0%

Visibility 10 mi

Sunrise 6:05 am

Sunset 8:54 pm

MORE newsNEWS

Iceberg lettuce sold at Taco Bell locations linked to Cyclospora outbreak, sources say

July 17, 2026

Sources say shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms and sold at some Taco Bell restaurants has been linked to a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, according to reports.

Nebraska nonpartisan US Senate candidate Dan Osborn qualifies for November ballot

July 16, 2026

Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner OMAHA — After months of campaigning, it’s official: Independent candidate Dan Osborn will be on the November ballot in a heated race for...

President Trump to present evidence on election integrity in address

July 16, 2026

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says President Trump will present evidence on election integrity during his address tonight, though investigations and court rulings have found no evidence of widespread fraud in...