CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - A man who has long been suspected of involvement in the death of an Iowa man who disappeared last year has been charged with murder, obstruction of justice and abusing a corpse.
Linn County Sheriff Brian Gardner announced Thursday that a grand jury hearing evidence in the death of Christopher Bagley has indicted 32-year-old Drew Blahnik on multipe charges.
Investigators testified earlier this year that Blahnik had allegedly confessed to fatally stabbing Bagley in retaliation for his robbery of a large-scale marijuana trafficker.
They testified that another man was involved in the altercation, and Gardner says additional charges are possible.
Blahnik was charged earlier this year in state and federal drug cases while authorities looked into the homicide.
Bagley disappeared last December from his home in Walker, Iowa. Investigators found his body buried in the backyard of a Cedar Rapids residence in March.
An autopsy determined that he died from multiple stab wounds.
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