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Curtis Padgett Arrested for 2007 Killing of Dennis First
March 1, 2023
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Police have made an arrest in a nearly 16-year-old Cedar Rapids murder case.
Curtis Padgett, 42, is charged with first-degree murder in the May 2007 death of Dennis First. First, 64, was found dead in his apartment in the 2200 block of C St. SW on May 11th, 2007. His death was investigated as a homicide at the time, but no arrests were made. Investigators said Padgett killed First by beating then stabbing or cutting him following an argument…
… Padgett is also connected to another Cedar Rapids cold case in the 2001 disappearance of Erin Pospisil. Pospisil, then 15, was reported missing on June 3, 2001. She was last seen leaving her home with Padgett according to investigators. Padgett told police that he gave Pospisil a ride to a friend’s home in southeast Cedar Rapids. Padgett said that no one answered at the friend’s home and Pospisil then left in another vehicle that had pulled up to the home. She reportedly told Padgett that she would get a ride with the people in the car. No charges have been filed in her disappearance.
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Denise Fraley, 30Disappeared From:
Cedar Rapids, IA
September 12, 1982
Would be celebrating 71st birthday April 4
