BELLEVUE, Iowa (AP) - Police in northeastern Iowa have announced an arrest in the Christmas Day 2016 stabbing death of a Bellevue man.
Bellevue police say an arrest warrant was issued Thursday for 23-year-old Drew Alan Mangler, of Dubuque, in the death of 59-year-old James Remakel. Police say Mangler was arrested Friday and has been charged with first-degree murder.
Police found Remakel’s body after being called to a house in Bellevue on Dec. 25, 2016. An autopsy showed Remakel had been stabbed multiple times.
Police declined to release other details about Remakel’s death and Mangler’s suspected involvement.
Mangler was being held in the Jackson County Jail. Online court documents in the case were not available Friday afternoon.
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