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Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Bryan Draper Vilcone, 24, faces a First Degree Murder charge in the death of Raelynn M. Hart.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013  Attorneys for both sides have been preparing last minute motions for Judge Dan Wilson to consider.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012  Investigators release the name of the man who was shot and killed on Tuesday.

Thursday, October 11, 2012  Seth Techel will not stand trial next month as scheduled.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012  According to Iowa Online Court records, the trial of Seth Andrew Techel will begin on November 6, 2012.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012  A man already behind bars for a string of robberies has now been charged with murder.

Sunday, May 27, 2012  The victim in Saturday's death investigation idenfified as 23 year-old Lisa Techel.

Saturday, May 26, 2012  Wapello County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call for help on Saturday morning stating a person may have been shot southwest of Agency

Friday, April 27, 2012  John A. Harville apparently beat his wife for hours before taking his own life.

Thursday, April 26, 2012  An apparent domestic dispute leaves an Olds man dead and a woman in the hospital.

Thursday, April 12, 2012  The remains of a human body found in Henry County about ten miles west of Mt. Plesant last month have been identified as female.

Friday, March 23, 2012  The real-life criminalists of the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation process over 15,000 cases a year.

Monday, March 19, 2012  Now being investigated as a homicide.

Friday, March 16, 2012  Ottumwa Police Chief Jim Clark told KTVO this morning that reports of a second dead body being recovered in downtown are inaccurate.

Friday, January 13, 2012  James Christopher Kozak's trial begins in February.