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Officials ID man shot to death in northwestern Iowa home

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May 14th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

MERRILL, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have identified a man found shot to death this week in a northwestern Iowa home. The Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office says 51-year-old Kevin Leroy Juzek died from shotgun wounds to the abdomen and chest. The Sioux City Journal says Juzek’s death has been ruled a homicide. Deputies were called to a Merrill home late Monday morning for a report of a domestic dispute, and arriving deputies found Juzek dead inside the home.

The sheriff’s office says another man in the home, 81-year-old Thomas Jordan Knapp, was arrested and is being held at the county jail as a suspect in the case. So far, Knapp has been charged only with domestic assault.