The Sioux County Attorney’s Office announced the sentencing of 28 year old Hull man Jorge Gomez Badillo on Wednesday (March 5, 2025). The Sioux County District Court has sentenced Badillo on two counts of willful injury and arson. Assistant Sioux County Attorney Lori Ehlers prosecuted the case on behalf of the state of Iowa.
The case arose on October 14, 2024 when authorities received emergency calls reporting two subjects covered in blood being pursued by a suspect on a road in Hull. Authorities responded and discovered two subjects with stab wounds. Those victims were transported for medical treatment while Sioux County deputies apprehended Jorge Gomez Badillo who was determined to have entered the victims’ home and stabbed them.
Deputies later reported heavy black smoke coming from the Gomez Badillo residence on Division Street near the original incident, causing fire departments to be called. Deputies later searched the residence revealing drugs and knives and interviewed Gomez Badillo who admitted starting the fire.
On February 17, 2025, pursuant to a plea agreement with the State, Gomez Badillo entered guilty pleas to Arson in the Third Degree, an Aggravated Misdemeanor, Willful Injury Resulting in Serious Injury, a Class “C” Felony, and Willful Injury Resulting in Bodily Injury, a Class “D” Felony. On March 3, 2025, Gomez Badillo was sentenced to an indeterminate term of incarceration not to exceed seventeen (17) years in the custody of the Iowa Department of Corrections.
