Iowa City man charged in beating death of father

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Iowa City police say they have charged a 30-year-old man with first-degree murder in a fatal attack last month on his father.

The Press-Citizen reports that Flannery Huston Kennedy-Meier was arrested Nov. 13 after police were called to a residence and found 63-year-old Mark Meier injured. Officers say Kennedy-Meier, of Iowa City, had hit his father in the head with a weapon, causing a skull fracture and brain bleed.

Meier died of his injuries on Dec. 4, and an autopsy blamed the November beating.

Kennedy-Meier remains in the Johnson County Jail and was being held on a $20,000 bond Tuesday morning.

An attorney for Kennedy-Meier did not immediately return a call Tuesday seeking comment.

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Information from: Iowa City Press-Citizen, http://www.press-citizen.com/