Former UI Student Sentenced to 50 Years for Campus Attack, Robbery

Former UI student will serve 50 years for attempted murder, robbery

Ali Younes, 22, was sentenced to 50 years in prison April 27 for strangling and robbing a woman on campus.

Man sentenced for attempted murder after fleeing with parents' help

IOWA CITY, Iowa (Court TV) — An Iowa man was sentenced to spend 50 years in prison for the attempted murder and robbery of a woman at the University of Iowa. Ali Younes is led out of court after his sentencing on April 27, 2026. (Court TV) Ali Younes, 22, pleaded guilty to one count of escape and was convicted separately of first-degree robbery, attempted murder and theft. Prosecutors said that Younes lay in wait for the victim on April 25, 2022…

Man who fled to Jordan after University of Iowa campus attack sentenced to 50 years

Ali Younes strangled woman unconscious on University of Iowa campus, then fled country while awaiting trial

Former UI student sentenced to 50 years for campus attack, robbery

A former University of Iowa student was sentenced to 50 years in prison for strangling a woman on campus and stealing her earrings after she lost consciousness.

Ali Younes sentenced to 50 years in prison

Iowa’s 6th Judicial Court sentenced former University of Iowa student Ali Younes to 50 years in prison during a sentencing hearing on April 27, four years after he strangled and robbed an Iowa City woman outside of the UI’s Art Building West. Younes was found guilty of attempted murder, theft, robbery, and escape from custody in December 2025.  According to previous reporting by The Daily Iowan, Younes began following a woman, Anne Rizzo, who wa…

Judge to sentence ex-UI student Ali Younes Monday in 2022 campus attack case

A judge is scheduled to sentence Ali Younes in Johnson County District Court at 1:30 p.m. Monday for charges of attempted murder and escape.Younes was convicted