Investigation Continues as 4 Charged with Abuse of a Corpse After Body Found in Newton Home

Charges filed in Newton death investigation after body found during search warrant execution

NEWTON, Iowa -- Four people have been charged in connection to a death investigation in Newton where a Des Moines man was found dead in a home during the execution of a search warrant. Shortly after 7 p.m. on June 9 multiple law enforcement agencies executed a search warrant at a home in the 1200 block of N 4th Avenue in Newton. While executing the search warrant, law enforcement personnel discovered the body of 66-year-old Tomie Lee Misner Jr. …

Investigation continues as 4 charged with abuse of a corpse after body found in Newton home

The body of Tomie Lee Misner Jr. of Des Moines was found in a Newton home when police were executing a search warrant.

4 people charged in connection with Newton death investigation

Police say the suspects tried to hide or dispose of a body that was found in a Newton home during a search warrant execution earlier this month.