A Black Hawk County jury has found Montez Caples guilty of first degree murder in the death of Robert Shannon.More >> A Black Hawk County jury has found Montez Caples guilty of first degree murder in the death of Robert Shannon.More >> A Waterloo man convicted in the murder of a Parkersburg man is scheduled to be sentenced Friday.More >> A Waterloo man convicted in the murder of a Parkersburg man is scheduled to be sentenced Friday.More >> A Waterloo man has pleaded not guilty in the December murder of a Parkersburg man.More >> The man charged with the murder of a Parkersburg man was in court Friday. Montez Caples from Waterloo is charged with first degree murder in the death of Robert Shannon from Parkersburg. Shannon's body was discovered in his car Wednesday afternoon.More >>
Montez Caples, the Waterloo man who was convicted of the murder of Robert Shannon of Parkersburg, has been sentenced to life in prison.
Caples was convicted of shooting Shannon in the back of the head while they were in a car parked on a Waterloo street.
Shannon's body was found several hours later when neighbors told police the car had been idling for a while.
In a Black Hawk County courtroom Friday morning, a judge sentenced Caples to life in prison without parole.
Family members of Caples and Shannon were in court. Shannon's family gave an impact statement.
Caples spoke as well, reciting scriptures from the Bible.
"I don't understand why he took my son's life," said Salli Jo Shannon, Robert Shannon's mother. "I don't understand what Bobby did to him to take his life, but I don't hate him. Angry, but don't hate him."
