THE DARK SIDE OF IOWA
Jeffery Hass
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photo courtesy Des Moines Register
Full Name: Jeffery Lee Hass
DOB: November 9, 1969
Charge: 1st degree murder
County: Linn
City: Cedar Rapids
Current Status: Iowa Department of Corrections
Date of Crime: May 7, 1989
Tentative Discharge Date: Life
Victim: Leah Michelle Wara
DOB: November 9, 1969
Charge: 1st degree murder
County: Linn
City: Cedar Rapids
Current Status: Iowa Department of Corrections
Date of Crime: May 7, 1989
Tentative Discharge Date: Life
Victim: Leah Michelle Wara
Jeffery Lee Hass of Cedar Rapids was convicted of first-degree murder in the prom-night slaying of a high school girl on May 7, 1989. Leah Michelle Wara, 17, whose partially clothed body was found in his apartment about 1½ days after she was seen leaving a post-prom party with him. She had been strangled with a necktie and his hands.
Leah Michelle Wara, courtesy Des Moines Register
Leah, a senior at Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids, had gone to her prom the night of May 6 with another young man but later accompanied Jeffery to a party. Evidence included a tape-recorded confession in which Jeffery admitted strangling Leah after having sex with her.
Source: Des Moines Register