FORT DODGE, Iowa — Police have arrested Justin Hurdel after his wife, 38-year-old Maggie Hurdel, was found dead Wednesday afternoon.
According to Fort Dodge Police, a call came in at 6:50 Thursday morning reporting a suspicious male matching Hurdel's description in the area of Quail Avenue/P59 and Nelson Avenue.
When police arrived, Hurdel had left but K9 Swamper with the Webster County Sheriff's Office was able to track his scent to a nearby shed where Hurdel was located and taken into custody.
First responders were called to the 500 block of South 19th Street just after 2:00 p.m.
Officers said Maggie Hurdel was found unresponsive, and had what appeared to be a gunshot wound inside the home.
Despite life-saving measures, she was declared dead at the scene.
According to investigators, they learned a possible suspect vehicle had fled the scene immediately following the incident. That vehicle was later found unoccupied Wednesday afternoon along South Rive Road, just south of Fort Dodge.
Hurdel was taken to Unity Point - Trinity Regional Medical Center to treat injuries from prior to the arrest. He will be booked into Webster County Jail once he's discharged.
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