EVANSVILLE, IA (IRN) – Authorities may have a new lead in an Iowa cold case, thanks to a double murder investigation in Indiana. KCCI-TV reports ten-year-old Elizabeth Collins and eight-year-old Lyric Cook were kidnapped and murdered in July of 2012 in Evansdale. Fourteen-year-old Liberty German and 13-year-old Abigail Williams were kidnapped from a park near Delphi, Indiana last month. Their bodies were discovered the next day. There are similarities in the two cases.

MONTICELLO, IA (IRN) – An 8-year-old has died from injuries suffered in a collision in Monticello. The Iowa State Patrol reports just before 4 p.m. Wednesday the child was riding a tricycle eastbound on a city street and collided with the front of a minivan traveling south.

MAQUOKETA, IA (IRN) – A bank robbery in Maquoketa yesterday led to a car chase and crash.
WQAD-TV reports 40-year-old Dante Rhodes, of Dubuque, was arrested. Police received a call about a robbery at Fidelity Bank. A teller says the man handed her a note and implied that he had a gun, but didn’t show one. Rhodes fled with an undisclosed amount of cash and took off in a vehicle. He eventually sideswiped another vehicle, then struck an unmarked patrol car head on. He fled, but was caught, tasered and arrested.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A bill headed to the Iowa Senate will allow Iowans to use deadly force in public if they feel threatened. KCCI-TV reports Polk County attorney John Sarcone says the bill will “legalize murder” if it becomes law. Those in favor say stand-your-ground respects Iowans right to protect themselves. Sarcone says in states where the law has been passed, violence has increased. He adds it’s a solution looking for a problem where there isn’t one.

SEYMOUR, IA (IRN) – When the town of Seymour and the school district needed help after Monday’s EF2 tornado damage, hundreds of students and their teachers from neighboring schools answered the call. WHO-TV reports Seymour residents called the group of volunteers a ‘little army’ and couldn’t thank each and every one of them enough for the work they did.