Trial Begins for Man Charged in Killing of Girl, 10, Whose Disappearance Prompted Monthslong Search

Trial Begins for Man Charged in Killing of Girl, 10, Whose Disappearance Prompted Monthslong Search
Aishia Lankford, mother of missing Breasia Terrell, 10, of Davenport, holds a sign during a march in her honor along 53rd Street in Davenport, Iowa on Nov. 14, 2020. Meg McLaughlin/Quad City Times via AP
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DAVENPORT, Iowa—The trial of an Iowa man charged in the killing of a 10-year-old Davenport girl who was missing for nine months before her remains were found in a pond is set to begin Thursday.

Henry Dinkins, 51, opted to be tried before an Iowa judge instead of a jury in the 2020 murder of Breasia Terrell, the Quad-City Times reported.