A jury in Madison County, Tuesday, convicted a Union County man on 1st Degree murder and 1st Degree robbery charges. The murder charge carries a term of life in prison. According to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, 42-year-old Gerald Steve Parker, of Creston, after just eight days of testimony and evidence. Trial information filed by the State of Iowa alleged that on July 21, 2020, Parker killed 39-year old Jonathan Michael Hoffman, of Macksburg, in Madison County. Court documents show a woman riding in a truck with Hoffman and Parker told investigators Parker shot Hoffmann after the two men got into a fight about who should drive.

Gerald Parker (Madison County S/O photo) FILE PHOTO

Hoffman’s body was found by a delivery driver in the intersection of Macksburg Road and Grandview Lane in rural Madison County. Hew had been shot multiple times and left on the side of a road.

The State said Parker did so “Having malice, aforethought, willfully, deliberately, and with premeditation.