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Death closes book on one of state’s most gruesome murders

November 2, 2010 By Radio Iowa Contributor

The weekend death of Jim Klindt in Davenport is the final chapter in the story of one of Iowa’s most gruesome murders. The 62-year-old Klindt died Saturday of possible internal injuries suffered in a fall Thursday at his house. Klindt, who at one time was a respected chiropractor, was convicted of second-degree murder in 1984.

His trial marked the first use of D.N.A. evidence in an Iowa criminal trial. Klindt killed his wife Joyce with a billiard ball in 1983, dismembered her body with a chainsaw and dumped it in the Mississippi River. Fishermen found the torso, but the rest was never recovered. He was released from prison in 2004.

By Phil Roberts, Davenport

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