Day 8 Report from the Iowa Sexual Assault/Dementia Trial

On Monday, April 20, prosecution and defense made closing arguments in the trial of State of Iowa v. Henry Rayhons, a former state legislator, for alleged sexual abuse of his wife with Alzheimer’s.

KIMT.Com’s twitter account has photos combined with excerpts from the arguments, here. 

Over the weekend, reporter Sarah Boden at Iowa Public Radio ran a report on the trial, with the podcast available here.

Bryan Gruley, whose detailed December 2014 feature article for Bloomberg News on the Rayhon couple’s history and the charges, remains the best account of the anticipated issues, has written a follow-up story for Bloomberg News about the trial itself, pointing to the potential long-range impact from the case.  See today’s Questions about Sex and Dementia Go to Jury for the First Time. 

As before, if new details become available on public media about the trial, including any jury verdict today, we’ll capture them on this post, with an update.

UPDATE: According to Iowa media sources, the jury adjourned for the day about 5 p.m. central time, after approximately an hour and a half of deliberations, including two questions from the jury.