DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Court documents say a Des Moines woman first reported missing then found dead in her home had been strangled, with police saying she was the victim of a random home invasion and robbery.
A Des Moines man, 22-year-old Kyle Alexander Jepson, has been charged with first-degree murder, burglary and robbery in the January death of 49-year-old Gloria Gary, who was last seen alive Jan. 3.
Police say Jepson broke into Gary’s house that evening and attacked her when she arrived home. Investigators say Jepson then stole Gary’s cellphone, $200 and her car. He was arrested Jan. 12 in Utah with her car. Police say he had hidden her body in her house.
Jepson, who remains jailed on $1 million bond, next has a court hearing March 10.
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