April 25th, 2024

SAC COUNTY – The family of a missing Sac County man believes his body has been discovered by police. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation reports that the Sac County Sheriff’s Office received a call from someone who discovered a body in his field — and DCI reported it was found near the intersection of where authorities found the empty semi of David Schultz last November. The man’s family told KCCI-TV they are under the impression that Schultz was identified by his boots and was confirmed to them to be the body. The remains are being transported to the Iowa State Medical Examiner’s Office for a forensic autopsy.

HARRISON COUNTY – The victim in the April 21st Harrison County homicide has been identified as 53-year-old Douglas Lynn Manley. The Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner has ruled Manley’s death as a homicide caused by blunt force trauma. Sebastin O’Brien remains in the Harrison County Jail on no bond with a charge of First Degree Murder and has a preliminary hearing scheduled for May 1st. O’Brien was arrested by police after a rollover crash. He was driving a vehicle belonging to Manley, according to court records.

DUBUQUE – A former priest in Dubuque has been arrested in connection with sexual abuse charges in the 1980s. Leo Patrick Riley was charged on Wednesday with five counts of second degree child abuse. KCRG-TV reports Dubuque Police coordinated with the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office in Florida to complete the arrest. Four people reported being abused by Riley when he was the associate pastor of Resurrection Parish in Dubuque from 1984-1986.

IOWA – An active weather pattern returns to the state over the next three days. Multiple rounds of thunderstorms could bring several chances for severe weather and heavy rainfall totals Friday through Sunday. The best chance for severe conditions will be in the southern half of the state, but precipitation totals exceeding two-to-three inches will be common across all of Iowa.