Police in Iowa arrest murder suspect after kids find body

DES MOINES (AP) — A man is facing murder charges after some Iowa children found a dead body near the trash at a Des Moines apartment complex.

Des Moines Police say the children found the body of 27-year-old Gerald Wayne Bonner, of Des Moines, Saturday evening. Their mother called police after learning that Bonner’s body was cold to the touch.

A gunshot wound to Bonner’s torso indicated his death was a homicide.

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