A man is accused of attacking three people with a metal pipe at a rural Iowa home, killing three and seriously injuring a fourth, authorities said Thursday.
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Authorities are still investigating the motive for the attack, but Sheriff Brian Gardner said in a news release that one possible motive was that the crime might be made into a movie, without providing further details.
An Iowa man has been arrested after allegedly killing three people with a metal pipe.
Luke Truesdell, 34, of Marion, was indicted Thursday on three counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder, Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks said. It was not immediately clear whether Truesdell had an attorney. His phone number was not made public.
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office found the victim on Wednesday after responding to a call to a home about 12 miles north of Cedar Rapids.
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Sheriff Gardner identified the dead as Romondus Lamar Cooper, 44, of Cedar Rapids, Keona Victoria Ryan, 26, of Cedar Rapids, and Amanda Sue Parker, 33, of Vinton, Iowa. Brent Anthony Brown, 34, survived but is in critical condition, the sheriff said.
