(Updated w/info. from KCCI/Radio Iowa) BEDFORD, Iowa – Officials with the Iowa Department of Public Safety, Sunday, said local authorities got a 9-1-1 call from the Skylark Motel in Bedford at around 11 o’clock Saturday night and the person was reporting a death. Taylor County Deputies who responded found 62-year-old Penny Sue Godfirnon of Bedford had been assaulted with a knife. Thirty-two-year-old Christian Andrew May of Bedford was arrested and faces a first degree murder charge.

K-C-C-I reports May is Godfirnon’s son. He is listed on the Iowa Sex Offender Registry. May was transported to the Taylor County Jail and arrested on charges that include First-Degree Murder – Class A Felony, and Willful Injury – A Class C Felony.

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Department was assisted by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.

The Iowa Department of Public Health, Sunday, release the latest coronavirus data for the past 24-hours (ending at 10-a.m.). Officials confirmed 441 additional COVID-19 cases, for a total to-date, of 25,865 positive cases. There were also four additional COVID-19 deaths since Saturday, for a statewide death toll of 685. The website said 478 of the state’s deaths involved Iowans with preexisting conditions.

COVID-19 outbreaks at long-term care facilities account for 356 of the state’s total deaths. Iowa DPH reports 170 hospitalizations, of which 53 patients are in intensive care. Polk County reports the most cases in the state, with 5,483 positive cases.

Police in Red Oak, Saturday afternoon, arrested 36-year old Michael Lisle Parson, of Red Oak, on a charge of Dissemination and/or Exhibit of Obscene Material to a Minor. Parson was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 bond.

Sheriff’s officials in Adams County say two people were arrested on drug charges following a traffic stop at around 9:30-a.m., Saturday. The K-9 “Baxo” was deployed during the traffic stop, and as a result of an investigation, the driver of the vehicle, Brandi McElory, of Clarinda, was arrested for: Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana – 2nd offense; Possession of Methamphetamine; and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. She was also cited for: Speeding, Failure to have a valid License, and Failure to hold insurance. A passenger in the vehicle, Timothy Strange, of Clarinda, was charged with Possession of Marijuana. Both parties were transported to the Adams County Jail.

And, on or about June 16th at around 2-p.m., Adams County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to 3291 270th Street, for a verbal dispute and a request to have a person removed from the property. Upon further investigation, 53-year old Mildred Loe was arrested for False Imprisonment. 64-year old Robin Parsons was arrested for Assault causing injury. Both were transported to the Adams County Jail.

A man from Missouri was injured after he was struck by a car Saturday night, about three-miles south of Winterset. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a 2006 Pontiac Gran Am driven by 30-year old Rachel Deanne Wicks, of Winterset, was traveling south on Highway 169 at around 10:30-p.m., when a pedestrian, 22-year old Sheron Antonio Jame Weaver, of St. Peters, MO., entered the road from between several cars that were parked on the shoulder for the Riverside Raceway.

After car struck Weaver, he was transported by Mercy One to Mercy Hospital, in Des Moines, for treatment of what were thought to be life-threatening injuries. The driver of the car was not hurt. The ISP was assisted at the scene by the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, Winterset Police Department, Winterset Fire Department, and Madison County Ambulance.