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A Greene County judge sentenced Nolan Roger Wilson to 50 years after a 2-month-old died in his care.
Greene County News Online reported that District Judge Jennifer Miller sentenced Nolan Roger Wilson, 28, of Grand Junction on Aug. 11, 2026, to a term not to exceed 50 years after an Alford plea to child endangerment resulting in death. He must serve at least 25 years before he can be considered for parole. A first-degree murder count was dismissed.
By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer ·
An Alford plea is a conviction. The defendant does not admit guilt, and the court still enters the judgment. The 50-year term is the sentence on the child-endangerment count. The murder count is dismissed. It is not a finding that was tried.
The Jefferson Herald reported that Greene County deputies and an ambulance were called at 4:43 a.m. on Sept. 3, 2024, to a home in Paton after Wilson said a 2-month-old had stopped breathing while asleep in a swing. The infant was dead when first responders arrived. Raccoon Valley Radio reported that the state medical examiner found the death was caused by head injuries from blunt-force trauma, and that investigators determined Wilson was the only caregiver in the 24 hours before the death. The child is not named in this story.
Greene County News Online reported the Aug. 11 sentence is a Class B felony term of not more than 50 years, with parole eligibility after 25 years, plus a concurrent one-year term for domestic-abuse assault causing bodily injury. The court ordered $150,000 in restitution to the child's estate or heirs and $8,500 to the Crime Victim Compensation program. The first-degree murder charge was dismissed. KCCI reported Wilson filed an appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court. Raccoon Valley Radio reported his lawyer filed a certified appeal Aug. 12 to the Iowa Appellate Court.
The Alford plea and the 50-year term are the judgment on the endangerment count. The dismissed murder count was not a verdict. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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