In February 2012, 23-year-old Gordon Lasley Jr., a resident of the 1,400-member Meskwaki Sac and Fox tribe settlement in central Iowa was sentenced to five years probation following an assault conviction. A year later the Native American punched a man in the face during an Iowa City bar fight. In that case tribal police arrested Mr. Lasley for assault causing bodily injury.
In addition to the above offenses Gordon Lasley Jr. had an arrest history that included public intoxication, criminal mischief, theft, trespassing and various motor vehicle and driving violations. A drunkard with a mean streak, he was not your model citizen.
Lasley's brother Tyler, at nine o'clock on the night of Wednesday, February 5, 2014, discovered the bodies of his parents in the basement of their small, rural Meskwaki settlement house. Gordon Lasley Sr, 60, and his 57-year-old wife Kim had been hacked to death. The murder weapon, a bloody machete, lay on the living room couch. Tyler Lasley reported his gruesome discovery to the Meskwaki Nation Police Department.
Shortly after the double-murder Gordon Lasley Jr. told a family member that he killed his parents. That night police officers arrested the suspect in his mother's car. Lasley's clothes were blood-soaked and he had cuts on his hands which left bloodstains inside the vehicle.
Meskawaki tribal police officers booked Gordon Lasley into the Tama County Jail. Charged with two counts of first-degree murder the judge set his bail at $2 million. Because all crimes on Indian reservations and settlements are federal offenses the FBI took charge of the double-murder case.
In addition to the above offenses Gordon Lasley Jr. had an arrest history that included public intoxication, criminal mischief, theft, trespassing and various motor vehicle and driving violations. A drunkard with a mean streak, he was not your model citizen.
Lasley's brother Tyler, at nine o'clock on the night of Wednesday, February 5, 2014, discovered the bodies of his parents in the basement of their small, rural Meskwaki settlement house. Gordon Lasley Sr, 60, and his 57-year-old wife Kim had been hacked to death. The murder weapon, a bloody machete, lay on the living room couch. Tyler Lasley reported his gruesome discovery to the Meskwaki Nation Police Department.
Shortly after the double-murder Gordon Lasley Jr. told a family member that he killed his parents. That night police officers arrested the suspect in his mother's car. Lasley's clothes were blood-soaked and he had cuts on his hands which left bloodstains inside the vehicle.
Meskawaki tribal police officers booked Gordon Lasley into the Tama County Jail. Charged with two counts of first-degree murder the judge set his bail at $2 million. Because all crimes on Indian reservations and settlements are federal offenses the FBI took charge of the double-murder case.
On December 17, 2014 following an eight-day trial in the Cedar Rapids federal courthouse the jury found Gordon Lasley Jr. guilty of two counts of second-degree murder. On March 24, 2015 Federal District Court Judge Linda R. Reade sentenced Mr. Lasley to life in prison.
I guess according to the author "Native Americans" are not consider men. Also I guess if you get into a bar fight and have a public intoxication charge you are a "drunkard with a mean streak".
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