CEDAR RAPIDS – An Iowa woman was murdered this weekend and her garage set on fire, and police say they have a suspect in custody.
The Cedar Rapids Police Department, with the assistance of the Linn County Attorney’s Office, has made an arrest in the homicide of 38-year-old Gina Frederiksen. Gina Frederiksen was murdered on Sunday morning at 1814 I Street SW in Cedar Rapids.
An investigation by the Police Department identified a suspect in the case. The suspect, identified as Timothy Wesley Evans, age 38, was arrested Monday afternoon for Murder-1st Degree, Burglary-1st Degree, Robbery-1st Degree, and Arson-1st Degree.
Evans is accused of breaking into the detached garage, assaulting and murdering the victim, and then setting the garage on fire.
Evans was arrested at the Cedar Rapids Police Station and transported to the Linn County Jail.
The Police Department was aided in this investigation by several individuals who came forward with invaluable information that helped investigators identify the suspect.
According to police, Cedar Rapids firefighters and police officers were dispatched to 1814 I Street SW at 7:34 AM on Sunday morning when neighbors heard a loud boom and saw a garage fully involved with fire. Emergency responders arrived on scene and found the detached garage fully engulfed in flames. A police officer at the scene helped pull an adult female victim out of the burning garage. Emergency medical care was rendered. The victim died a short time later at a local hospital. The Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner determined that the victim died as the result of a homicide.
