THE DARK SIDE OF IOWA
Michael Gunther
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photo courtesy Nebraska Department of Corrections
Full Name: Michael James Gunther
DOB: May 26, 1955
Charge: 2nd degree murder
County: Pottawattamie, Out of state
City: Council Bluffs & Papillion, Nebraska
Current Status: Nebraska State Penitentiary
Date of Crime: May 23, 2004
Victims: Sally Kennedy & Michael Zawodny
DOB: May 26, 1955
Charge: 2nd degree murder
County: Pottawattamie, Out of state
City: Council Bluffs & Papillion, Nebraska
Current Status: Nebraska State Penitentiary
Date of Crime: May 23, 2004
Victims: Sally Kennedy & Michael Zawodny
Michael Gunther, 50, was convicted of 2nd-degree murder for killing Sally Kennedy, 45. He stabbed Sally 22 times in her recreational vehicle at the Bluffs Run Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on May 23, 2004. After killing Sally, who owned Blues Amusement Carnival, Michael took two guns from her trailer and went to the carnival near Offutt Air Force base in Bellevue, Nebraska, and shot Michael Zawodny 10 times in front of dozens of witnesses.