Lang
12/9/24
Closing arguments are expected Tuesday in the Iowa City murder trial of a man accused of catfishing his victim.
33-year-old Renard Winfield Jr., of Gary, Indiana is accused of posing as a woman online to lure the victim, Tommy Curry, to the Meadowlark Apartment Complex on Lakeside Drive in April of 2021. Police say Winfield approached Curry’s vehicle and shot him multiple times.
Evidence includes surveillance video which allegedly shows Winfield fleeing the apartment complex in a vehicle registered to his mother. Prosecutors say phone records and videos will show Winfield was brandishing a 9mm pistol in Iowa City around the time of the crime.
Winfield is charged with first-degree murder, which is punishable by life in prison. The jury has been instructed they can convict Winfield of lesser charges including 2nd degree murder and voluntary or involuntary manslaughter.