JURY SELECTION BEGAN TUESDAY MORNING IN THE TRIAL OF A CARROLL, IOWA MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS EX-WIFE’S LANDLORD IN SIOUX CITY.
FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD GARY DAINS, JUNIOR PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE JULY 2019 FIRST-DEGREE MURDER OF 65-YEAR-OLD PAUL SMITH.
POLICE WERE DOING A WELFARE CHECK ON SMITH WHEN THEY FOUND HIM DEAD IN THE KITCHEN.
INVESTIGATORS SAY DAINS HAD PREVIOUSLY STOLEN ITEMS FROM SMITH’S HOUSE AND THE TWO GOT INTO A FIGHT THAT DAY.
DAINS TOLD OFFICERS HE STOLE SMITH’S S-U-V AND ABOUT 120 DOLLARS FROM HIM SO HE COULD BUY METHAMPHETAMINE.
