A Kansas has been convicted of killing his girlfriend in Iowa in 2018. Zackery Bassett, 34, of Elwood, Kansas, was found guilty Tuesday of second-degree murder in the September 2018 death of Andrea Solokowski, 50, in Webster City, Iowa.
Bassett was originally charged with first-degree murder in the case. Prosecutors said Bassett had abused and stalked Solokowski, of Sioux City, for more than a year before her death. An autopsy found injuries consistent with asphyxiation but Solokowski's cause of death was listed as undetermined.
The maximum sentence possible for second-degree murder is 50 years in prison. Bassett is scheduled to be sentenced April 5.
