CEDAR RAPIDS — A man has been charged with murdering Christopher Bagley, who was reported missing in Decmeber 2018 and found in March in Cedar Rapids.
32-year-old Drew Alan Blahnik was indicted by a Linn County grand jury on charges of Murder in the First Degree, Obstructing Prosecution and Abuse of a Corpse, according to a press release from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.
The sheriff’s office took a report that Bagley was missing from his Walker home on December 17, 2018. Bagley was found on March 1, buried in a backyard of a residence on the southeast side of Cedar Rapids.
An autopsy determined that Bagley died from multiple stab wounds.
“We’re very, very pleased with those charges. We’re happy but sad at the same time,” Bagley’s father, Stewart Bagley, told Local 5’s Eva Andersen. “We’re happy because of the justice that will be coming forth to Chris. But sad because even though we’ll get justice … that doesn’t bring our son, father, brother, son back. It’s just a roller coaster ride.”
Blahnik is being held at the Linn County Correctional Center on a $1,000,000 cash-only bond.
40-year-old Paul Hoff has also been indicted for Obstructing Prosecution and Abuse of a Corpse.