Five people were shot and killed in an Iowa City, Iowa home today. The bodies of a woman and four children were discovered after emergency dispatchers received a call at 6:31 am that urged police to get there immediately. The unidentified caller then hung up.
What makes this case even more intriguing is that the adult male resident listed at that address is Steven Sueppel, who was indicted last month on charged of stealing somewhere around US$560, ooo during his stint as the vice president and controller of Hills Bank & Trust. He was not at home when the police arrived.
A further twist in this tale involves the missing family van which is now thought to have been involved in a fatal accident on a nearby Interstate. Police found the van ablaze and have trouble identifying the driver and establishing whether this is actually the missing van.
The 42 year old Sueppel was out on a quarter of a million dollar bail.
The VP of a financial institution, embezzlement, money laundering, fatal shootings, burning car wrecks...sounds like Iowa City just got a whole lot more interesting.
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