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CEDAR RAPIDS — Chris Bagley, the Walker man who Andrew Shaw is accused of hiring two men to kill, had 17 stab and cutting wounds to his neck, shoulder, torso and leg, a state medical examiner and forensic pathologist testified Friday.

The various wounds went through soft tissue muscles and penetrated his upper airway, larynx, jugular vein, heart, left lung, stomach, diaphragm, spleen and abdomen, Dr. Kelly Kruse, an associate Iowa state medical examiner, testified during the first-degree murder trial of Shaw.

Graphic autopsy photos of the multiple stab injuries and exhumation of the body of Bagley, 31, were shown to jurors Friday in Linn County District Court.

Bagley was buried in the yard w

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