CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Police in Cedar Rapids have opened a homicide investigation after determining that a man found dead in a home there last week had been shot to death.
The victim was identified as Daniel James Spangler, 69, police said Tuesday in a news release. His body was found inside his Cedar Rapids home on Friday morning by an officer who had been sent to check on his welfare, police said Police initially said Spangler’s death was suspicious, but that more investigation would be needed.
On Tuesday, police said an autopsy had determined that he had died of a gunshot wound. No arrests have been reported.
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