IA - Man charged man charged with hiding body of 17-year-old girl found dead in Farnhamville - Sep 24, 2024

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Friday, August 15th:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ 2:30pm ET) - IA - Michele "Luna" Jackson (17) missing Sept. 22, 2024 & found deceased on Sept. 23, 2024 in Farnhamville City Park. *Nathaniel Kyven Bevers McGivney (21/now 22) arrested & charged (9/23/24) with abuse of corpse-failing to disclose known location [Class D felony] [<<charges were dismissed 10/11/24], charged (10/11/24) & arraigned (10/11/24) with 1st degree murder & abuse of corpse-hide & bury. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. Calhoun County
Bench [Non Jury] Trial began on 7/8/25 & ended on 7/9/25. VERDICT: Guilty of 1st degree murder & abuse of corpse.
Judge Derek J. Johnson presiding. DA Andrew Breese Prosser or Calhoun County Attorney Benjamin Smith. Defense attorney Charles J. Kenville.
Case & court info from 9/22/24 thru 6/30/25 & Trial Days 1-2 [7/8-9/25] reference post #58 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ead-in-farnhamville-sep-24-2024.724626/page-3
7/9/25 Wednesday, Trial Day 2: Judge Derek Johnson deliberated for nearly two hours before ruling that Bevers McGivney was guilty of first-degree murder & abuse of a corpse for his attempts to hide Jackson’s body. Sentencing hearing on 8/15/25 & faces a mandatory life sentence without parole.
7/10/25 Docket update: [D0129] Order for maintenance of Exhibit. For exhibits not able to be electronically filed by Derek Johnson. 7/30/25 Docket update: [D0130] Other application. Request for hearing & application for restitution filed by Lonnie Jackson.
8/5/25 Docket update: [D0131] Victim precuniary damages statement filed by Benjamin John Smith. 8/6/25 Docket update: [D0132] Pre sentence investigation report (PSI) filed by DOC Central Office.
8/11/25 Docket updates: [D0133] Order for continuance filed by Derek Johnson. Sentencing hearing on 8/15/25 @ 2:30pm. [D134] & [D135] entered in error. [D138] & [D139] Non expert witness fee claim filed by Benjamin Smith. 8/12/25 Docket updates: [D136] State's motion for hybrid proceeding to allow remote appearance by victim's sister at sentencing hearing (uncontested) filed by Benjamin Smith. [D137] Other Order. Motion for victim's sister to appear by Zoom is granted by Derek Johnson

 

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Gowrie man sentenced to life in prison in small-town slaying judge calls 'pure evil'

Nathaniel Bevers-McGivney was convicted of stabbing Michele Jackson, 17, to death in September 2024 in tiny Farnhamville's city park

eu.desmoinesregister.com

August 15, 2025
Story Summary

• Bevers-McGivney, 22, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of 17-year-old Michele "Luna" Jackson.
• Jackson's body was found in a trash bin with multiple stab wounds and a cut throat.
• The judge called the murder an act of "pure evil" and added a consecutive 10-year sentence for abuse of a corpse.

ROCKWELL CITY— A 22-year-old Gowrie man will spend the rest of his life in prison without parole for a killing that the judge described as "pure evil."

Nathaniel Bevers-McGivney's slaying of 17-year-old Michele "Luna" Jackson was a "terrible" act, "and there is nothing about this case that warrants any sign of leniency from this court," Calhoun County Judge Derek Johnson said before pronouncing the sentence in the Friday, Aug. 15, hearing.