A judge has denied William Beeman, serving life in prison in the stabbing death of 22-year-old Michiel Winkel, a new trial.
Beeman was convicted in the 1980 murder of Michiel Winkel, whose nude body was found at Wildcat Den State Park in Muscatine. Beeman and his attorneys in early June filed a motion requesting a new trial. Judge Stuart Werling presided over a lengthy hearing on the motion.
On Aug. 28, Werling denied the motion for a new trial.