Friends and family of victim Jordan Beardshear wore shirts to the courthouse for the sentencing of Alfredo Castellanos-Rosales on Monday, August 25, 2025. Seen here are two friends of Beardshear’s. From left: Shaylee Wanderscheid, and Latasia Zinn.

Closure was observed at the Union County Courthouse on Monday, August 25, 2025 when a life sentence, without parole, was handed down to Alfredo Castellanos-Rosales. The Sioux City man was convicted in June of killing Dakota Dunes resident Jordan (Jordy) Beardshear.

Castellanos-Rosales’s guilty verdict mandated the life sentence in prison. During the hearing, the judge and legal teams discussed rest…