Man sentenced to 30 years for raping, stabbing GA girl 86 times after meeting her on Snapchat

WSBtv ^ | 5/27/24 | news staff

[CFW]

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — WARNING: The story contains graphic details.

A Flowery Branch man was sentenced to 30 years in prison last week in Gwinnett County for raping a teenage girl and stabbing her 86 times.

Zachary Iona, 22, pleaded guilty to rape, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, statutory rape, child molestation, and possession of a knife during the commission of a felony in Gwinnett County Superior Court.

Iona and his attorneys negotiated a plea for a life sentence of 30 years in prison, followed by five years of parole and mandatory sex offender registration.

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After he left, the girl was able to crawl to her phone and call for help. Police were able to identify Iona from a photo on the girl’s Snapchat.

Police searched his car and found duct tape and rope, as well as blood.

[quilterdebbie]

I doubt the parents knew about it.

[Deaf and Discerning]

A short rope and a tall tree would have been a better solution.

No. I would prefer to watch HER STAB HIM 86 times, THEN a short rope and a tall tree.

[antidemoncrat]

Oh goody. We tax payers now get to support him for 30 years and if he gets released and commits another crime, start all over again.

[No name given]

And immediately after he is sentenced with no last meal!

[No name given]

It should’ve been 30 centuries.

[Thank You Rush]

“”during the commission of a felony in Gwinnett County Superior Court.””

Writing doesn’t improve, does it?

Should I look or is it self explanatory?

[Organic Panic]

AND watch “To Catch a Predator” and all the other predator poacher youtube vids.

I am glad I dated before the age of online dating. I can’t think of anything more humiliating and dehumanizing than online dating.

[Nervous Tick]

>> Death penalty case if ever there was one.

Perhaps a prisoner colleague of Iona’s will handle the administration of appropriate justice.

[Thank You Rush]

“”That’s very young, especially for a man who will still be (deviantly) sexually active.””

Maybe the GA legislature will pass a law for immediate sterilization in all such cases. Too drastic? I don’t think anyone but the creep would object! Tough!! Nothing wrong with a strong message being sent!

[Karliner]

He should have said weed just made him psychotic like that woman in California who stabbed her BF to death 109 times. I think she walked?

[Chickensoup]

Do you think teens ASK?

[Nervous Tick]

>> I can’t think of anything more humiliating and dehumanizing than online dating.

I hear that applying for a job online these days is a competitively evil and degrading adventure.

[Thank You Rush]

“”Not them Booboo””

Surprised me.....

[ConservativeMind]

This should be the death penalty.

[thinden]

30 yrs? Musta been a cracker

[Eagles6]

Well, it is a "life sentence of 30 years"

Wait...What?

WTH?🤨

[Thank You Rush]

FReepers criticize me for being so against social media and try to convince me that I’m indulging in it by using FR. I would hope these people can see there is not any comparison.

I may be old and I don’t care who knows it and I don’t mind sharing it - social media will pile up a lot more victims before people get the message...cell phones are also a culprit as idiots like to cause trouble/scenes and take pictures for posting. WHY? Oh! The poor babies just don’t get enough attention? We can’t even listen to a newscast without hearing about what someone posted on social media. NEWS!!!!

Famous line in a good movie years ago - “didn’t your mama give you enough attention?”

I’m too old to have parents or grandparents still living but I can’t help but think they must have felt the same way about “modern conveniences”...interruption to their daily lives...automobiles, music, TV. Did any of it cause as much heartache as social media has?

[TStro]

He looks like he’ll be real popular in the slammer.
Maybe someone will finish him off.

[Eli Kopter]

So do sixty year old of they are leftists.

[hecticskeptic]

He should have said weed just made him psychotic like that woman in California who stabbed her BF to death 109 times.
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‘Reefer Madness’ is often referred to as a ‘propaganda film’ that was purposed to scare kids off of the idea of ever partaking i.e. one puff and they are done. However, I have no doubt that there were plenty of folks in the 1930s who knew then what a lot of folks are just realizing now.... psychosis is a very real potential outcome. And now no doubt the issue is worse because of the way the strains have been played with.