Buelow Charged With 2nd Degree Murder

A former Dubuque man accused of killing his girlfriend now faces a charge of second-degree murder rather than first-degree murder. Prosecutors on Monday filed an amended charge against 28 year old Fontae Buelow. Buelow is accused of killing his girlfriend, Samantha Link, in March 2017. He originally was charged with first-degree murder, but jurors in January 2018 found him guilty of second-degree murder. Dubuque County Attorney C.J. May III said prosecutors amended the charge to second-degree murder because that is the crime for which Buelow was convicted and then was vacated. In finding Buelow guilty of second-degree murder, the jury also acquitted him of first-degree murder, so to try him again on the original charge would be considered double jeopardy. Buelow’s second trial is scheduled for Tuesday, May 25.