CRESTON, Iowa — EDITOR'S NOTE: The video above is from July 7, 2021.
An Iowa man has been convicted of killing his brother whose body was found this summer in a rural field more than a week after he was reported missing.
The Des Moines Register reports that jurors deliberated about four hours this week before finding 43-year-old Dustin Seley, of Creston, guilty of first-degree murder in the death of 58-year-old Timothy Fechter.
An autopsy determined Fechter had been shot and bludgeoned in the head.
Investigators searching Seley’s home found clothing with what appeared to be bloodstains, and two witnesses told investigators Seley had admitted to them he’d killed or “popped” his brother. The defense argued it was self-defense.
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