DES MOINES, Iowa — A brother and sister are in the Polk County Jail, facing a charge each of first-degree murder, in connection to a man's death near the Des Moines River last year. Officers are looking for a third person they say has information about the incident.
West Des Moines police arrested Jasmin and Jonathan Bautista on outstanding warrants. They were found during a traffic stop on Saturday.
Police were called to the 1900 block of Hartford Avenue last August. The victim, 43-year-old Javier Moncada, was found with a gunshot injury. Detectives then started investigating it as a homicide.
Police have provided photographs of the third person they're looking for in their investigation. If you have any information, you're asked to call Des Moines police at 515-237-1499. You can also call Crimestoppers of Central Iowa anonymously, or leave an anonymous tip here.
Unknown person in man's death near the Des Moines River
