Five Slain In Iowa City Shooting

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.

Woman's Win Sets Slot Record

A woman from Woodbridge, Ontario set a new Canadian record last night when she won close to $9 million on a slot machine at Casino Rama.

53 year old Anna Falco had been playing the Megabucks Wide Area Progressive machines for close to an hour when all of a sudden she hit the record setting slot jackpot of $8,920,622.89, eclipsing the previous jackpot payout by over $7 million.

The progressive has been hit just 3 other times at the casino since its' implementation back in 2001. The previous amounts were $1.8 million won in December of 2002, $2.1 million in February of 2005 and $1.2 million in July of the same year.

Anna and her husband, Franco, plan to share the winnings with family and friends.

Makes you wonder just how many people lost their shirts before Falco got lucky...