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Iowa early News Headlines: Tue., Sept. 30th 2014

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September 30th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A body found in a car trunk has been identified as that of an Iowa State University student from China who has been missing for more than three weeks. The Iowa City Police Department says the death of 20-year-old Ton Shao is suspicious. The cause of death is being withheld pending results of an autopsy completed over the weekend. Shao, a junior chemical engineering student, was last seen in Ames more than three weeks ago.

WEST UNION, Iowa (AP) — A pretrial conference has been delayed for a former Iowa mayor accused of sexual abuse. The date for Jason Manus’ pretrial conference was pushed back to Oct. 13 because his defense attorney died earlier this month. His trial is scheduled to begin on Oct. 22. The 36-year-old Manus is charged with five counts of second-degree sexual abuse. He is accused of sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl and a 14-year-old girl in 2010. He has pleaded not guilty. Manus was mayor of Oelwein until his resignation in August.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A Davenport man has been charged with vehicular homicide following a car wreck that killed two Illinois men. Twenty-four-year-old Kai Miller is charged with homicide by vehicle, operating while intoxicated and two counts of serious injury by vehicle in connection to the crash early Sunday in Davenport. Court records do not list an attorney. Authorities say Miller’s car collided with a vehicle carrying 21-year-old Andrew Scott Adams and 22-year-old Danny DeBacker,

ROCKWELL CITY, Iowa (AP) — Lab results show hundreds of capsules found at a northern Iowa prison tested negative for any controlled substances. The 300 to 400 capsules were found earlier this month at the North Central Correctional Facility in Rockwell City. The pills contained an unknown substance, prompting a state drug investigation. State officials have not said how the capsules got inside the prison.