Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 5:40 p.m. CDT

KEOKUK, Iowa (AP) — A prosecutor says two cousins kidnapped, suffocated and executed a gender-fluid Iowa teenager whom they pursed for sex after a chance encounter at a grocery store. Prosecutor Christopher Perras detailed the 2016 death of 16-year-old Kedarie Johnson in opening statements Thursday at the trial of Jorge Sanders-Galvez. Perras said Sanders-Galvez and his cousin left behind a “trail of evidence” that would connect them to the crime. Sanders-Galvez’s attorney declined to make an opening statement.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller says he will seek a 10th term next year. The Des Moines Register reports 73-year-old Miller, a Democrat, made the announcement Thursday. Miller was initially elected to the statewide office in 1978. Except for a four-year stretch in the early 1990s after he made an unsuccessful run for governor, Miller has been the state’s top prosecutor since, making him the longest serving state attorney general in the country.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The head of Iowa’s veterans department has announced she’s retiring, just months after she took on the job. Jodi Tymeson announced Thursday in a press release that her last day as executive director of the Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs will be Nov. 17. Tymeson was named executive director in April and started May 1. The press release offers no additional information about her short tenure and includes a link for others to apply for the job.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has outlined priorities for combating opioid abuse in the state, but she stopped short of offering specifics on future legislation or additional state spending. Reynolds said Thursday she will prioritize existing initiatives in Iowa that aim to prevent and treat opioid abuse. Reynolds’ staff later released a list of priorities, which included increasing participation in a prescription monitoring program and expanding education on decreasing opioid prescribing.