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Iowa early News Headlines: Friday, 6/16/17

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June 16th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:30 a.m. CDT

DEWITT, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have identified two people whose bodies were found in an eastern Iowa house. Davenport television station KWQC reports that police say 51-year-old Brian Paul Glasz and 54-year-old Michelle Renee Glasz were found dead in their DeWitt home on Tuesday. They were husband and wife. Police say they plan to release the cause of death of the two, today (Friday).

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Nebraska man has been found guilty of second-degree murder in northwest Iowa for the death of his estranged wife. A Woodbury County jury was in its second day of deliberation when it found 29-year-old Rogelio Morales, of Hubbard, Nebraska, guilty Thursday afternoon. Prosecutors say he killed 21-year-old Margarita Morales on April 19, 2015, in his car near a Sioux City residence.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Former star of “The Bachelor” Chris Soules has waived his right to a speedy trial and has requested that his trial be postponed. Soules is charged with leaving the scene of a deadly crash and faces up to five years in prison if he’s convicted of causing the April 24 crash that killed 66-year-old farmer Kenneth Mosher. The Des Moines Register reports that attorneys for Soules said Wednesday they need at least a 90-day extension to obtain items from prosecutors and schedule depositions.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Iowa authorities have charged a man who they say has been scamming churchgoers in several states by telling them he needed to get home because his parents had been killed by a roadside bomb in the Middle East. Court records say Alan Farha II is charged with theft in Linn County. Court records show convictions on similar accusations last year in Wisconsin and Minnesota.