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Police arrest husband of Ottumwa woman found dead near river
OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) — Police have arrested and charged the husband of a woman whose remains were found in the Des Moines River.
Gregory Allen Showalter, 61, of Ottumwa, turned himself in at the Wapello County Law Enforcement Center on Tuesday morning in the death of 60-year-old Elizabeth Showalter, also of Ottumwa. Her body was found by a hiker Sunday afternoon, a day after she was reported missing by family members.
Ottumwa police have not said how she died, but that her death was a result of foul play.
Gregory Showalter has been charged with first-degree murder and being a felon in possession of a gun.
Gregory Allen Showalter, 61, of Ottumwa. (Wapello County Jail booking photo taken Aug. 3, 2021)
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