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Iowa DCI Investigates Wright County Homicide

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February 16th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

EAGLE GROVE, Iowa (AP) — One person was killed and another person was in custody after a stabbing at a northern Iowa pork processing plant. The Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation says Wright County deputies were called at 5:42 a.m. Tuesday to the Prestage Foods plant near Eagle Grove for a report of a stabbing. Deputies found a dead person in an employee locker room and then identified a suspect, who was taken into custody. An investigation found the victim and suspect knew each other. The names of those involved were not immediately released.