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E-FILED 2025 MAR 10 3:15 PM JOHNSON - CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT
IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR
This Complaint and Affidavit Is to be: JOHNSON COUNTY
Filed with Court Clerk (cc: CA)
❑ Submitted to County Attorney
❑ Filed with JCO - Defendant is a Juvenile
Form Number: 2025002279
Arrest Date:
THE STATE OF IOWA
vs.
OFFENDER
Last
First
(PERRY
1JOSHUA
City
IAddress
364 CAMDEN ROAD
IOWA CITY
DL#
State
DL Class
DL Endorsements
�335AE2758
IA
IO
(
of Birth
Gender
Race
IDate
ll/111/11990
MALE
BLACK - B
1Height
Weight
Eye Color
6.091,
160 LBS
BROWN - BRO
OFFENSE
Middle
RAPHAEL
DL Restrictions
Suffix
State Zip Code
IA 52245
Ethnicity
NOT OF HISPANIC ORIGIN - N
Hair Color
BLACK - BLK
State County Local Code Section Crime Description
® ❑ El707,2(1)(A) MURDER IN THE 1ST DEGREE
Speed in Zone
Class
Serious P.I. ❑ I Fatal Accident ❑
I Civil Damage Assessment ❑ I Other ❑
FELA
Location Type
20 - RESIDENCEIHOME
Literal Description
OFF ROADWAY/ROADWAY NOT FOUND
Address City
State Zip Code
364 CAMDEN ROAD IOWA CITY
I IA (52245
Is Date and Time of Incident Known? Incident Date or Low Range Upper Date Range
Incident Time or Low Range Upper Time Range
11 101/06/2025
106:00
STATUS OF OFFENDERIJUVENILE
❑ TAKEN INTO CUSTODY CUSTODY
❑ SUMMONS TO APPEAR
(Citation Issued)
WARRANT REQUESTED NO CONTACT ORDER
RELEASED TO
= REQUESTED
PARENT/GUARDIAN
NARRATIVE
Narrative of Offense Committed
On or about the above stated date and time, the Defendant did
having malice aforethought, willfully, deliberately, and with premeditation kill
AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF IOWA, JOHNSONCOUNTY
I, the undersigned, being duly sworn, state that all facts contained in this Complaint and Affidavit, known by me or told to me by other reliable persons form the basis for my
belief that the defendant committed this crime
State all facts and persons relied upon supporting elements of alleged crime
On 01-06-2025, the defendant called 911 to report that a girl was passed out and cold inside his residence. Upon arrival of emergency medical services and law
enforcement, the female was identified as Victoria Skarda. Skada lived at the residence with Perry and was the mother of his minor child. Skarda was
determined to be deceased. An autopsy was performed and Skarda's death was ruled a homicide, listing the cause of death as Cardiorespiratory arrest In setting
of recent physical assault. The investigation into Skarda's death revealed that the defendant assaulted Skarda on the morning of 01-06-2025. Personnel from
the Iowa City Police Department previously responded to the same address for reports of domestic altercations, including one Instance where Skarda was heard
yelling that she could not breathe and "Take your hands off my neck" (12107/2021).
Xl= ` / SMITHEY, MICHAEL 19E
Signature of Complainant or Officer, Officer Name & Number
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E-FILED 2025 MAR 10 3:15 PM JOHNSON - CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT
GENERAL PROBABLE CAUSE
Defendant Implicated
07 - IDENTIFIED BY WITNESSES, 09 - NEAR SCENE OF CRIME, 14 - OTHER PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
Operating Motor Vehicle In County
Other Physical Evidence
Attempted To Inflict Injury I
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DATA AND AUTOPSY
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STATE OF IOWA,
JOHNSON COUNTY
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Subscribed and sworn to before
me by the person(s) signing the Complaint
and Affidavit(s) on 03110/2025
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Notary Name
CARSON BARRON
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