Denise Frei
Denise Frei
(Brian Ray/ SourceMedia Group News)
Denise Frei sits in the court room
before the start of her first-degree murder trial Tuesday,
Aug. 16,
2011 at the Scott County District Courthouse in Davenport.
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Denise Frei stands as the jury exits
the court room for a motion hearing during
her first-degree murder
trial Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011.
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Iowa Assistant Attorney General Doug
Hammerand holds a rock that was
allegedly used to kill Curtis
Bailey.
(Brian Ray/The Gazette)
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation criminalist Amy Pollpeter
testifies about the DNA
testing she did
on piece bloody plastic wrap. The blood found on the plastic wrap,
which was recovered from Jacob Hilgendorf's Ford Explorer, was a DNA match
to Curtis Bailey.
(Brian Ray/The Gazette)
Denise Frei listens as the jury is polled following her
first-degree murder conviction Thursday,
Aug. 25, 2011 at the Scott County District Courthouse in Davenport.
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Denise Frei stands as the jury exits following her first-degree
murder conviction Thursday,
Aug. 25, 2011 at the Scott County District Courthouse in Davenport.
(Brian Ray/ SourceMedia Group News)
Denise Frei breaks down as she is
placed in handcuffs following her first-degree
murder conviction
Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011.
(Brian Ray/ SourceMedia Group News)
Denise Frei
Denise Frei
Denise Frei
Denise Frei's son, Jacob Scott Hilgendorf,
19, was sentenced to life in prison.
Jessica Dayton, 22,
also was convicted of first-degree murder and is serving life
sentence.