DEAD BODY FOUND IN DITCH IN RURAL KELLOGG

Dead body found in ditch in rural Kellogg

A dead body was found after firefighters in rural Kellogg put out a fire in a roadside ditch.  And that death is being treated as a homicide.  Around 5:30 Wednesday afternoon (9/16), the Jasper County Communications Center was told about a fire in the 8100 block of North 67th Avenue East.  Firefighters found an active fire in a roadside ditch.  They also found a dead body.  The victim’s name has not been released.  The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office and Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation are treating this death as a homicide.  If you have any information on this fire and death, call the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office at 641-792-5912.

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