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Iowa early News Headlines: Sunday, 2/17/19

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February 17th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 5:00 a.m. CST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines woman accused of trying to pin a murder on an innocent man has been found guilty of second-degree murder and other counts in the case. The Des Moines Register reports that 54-year-old Helen Jeanette Frazier was convicted Friday of the murder count, as well as two counts of malicious prosecution. Police say Frazier stabbed 55-year-old Andrea Brown to death Jan. 2, 2017 and implicated two men who had nothing to do with the slaying.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines police have released the identity of a man whose body was found outside an apartment building. Police said Saturday in a news release that the body of 38-year-old Gabriel Boettger was found on the ground on the city’s south side around 6:40 a.m. Saturday. Police have not offered any details about how Boettger died, but say his death is considered a homicide.

OSKALOOSA, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a 7-year-old boy has died from injuries suffered in a house fire in southeastern Iowa. Des Moines television station KCCI reports that the fire broke out Friday night in a home in Oskaloosa. Officials say 7-year-old David Fogle was in the basement when firefighters arrived, and that his mother, Angelia Wells, suffered second-degree burns to her upper body trying to rescue him. Two other children, ages 6 and 9, managed to escape the fire unharmed.