Crime & Justice

‘Not a Random Act’: Four Charged in Murder of Iowa Man Found Burning in Ditch

‘HEINOUS ACT’

Iowa authorities said Tuesday no evidence suggests the gruesome slaying of the 41-year-old Black man was motivated by race.

Pilar Melendez
Pilar Melendez 

Senior National Reporter

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Iowa Department of Public Safety
Pilar Melendez

Pilar Melendez

Senior National Reporter

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