(Sheldon)--A Rock Rapids man has been arrested after the report of a homicide Thursday in Sheldon.
According to a news release from the Iowa DCI, at or about 4:00 p.m. Thursday, the O’Brien County Communication Center received a 911 call about a deceased female located at 604 4th Ave in Sheldon. When authorities arrived, they found the female deceased inside her home. The death is being treated as a homicide investigation. An autopsy has been scheduled for Saturday at the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner, in Ankeny.
The DCI says at around noon today(Friday), 41-year-old Nathanial Kessel of Rock Rapids was arrested in Flandreau, South Dakota on two Iowa arrest warrants for murder in the 1st degree, a class A felony and felon in possession of a firearm, a class D felony.
This is an ongoing criminal investigation and no further details or names are being released at this time.