By Associated Press - Wednesday, March 29, 2017

WEVER, Iowa (AP) - Authorities say a man whose body was found in a southeast Iowa park was a homicide victim.

The Lee County medical examiner, Dr. Eugenio Torres, says 47-year-old James Nelson, of Fairfield, was killed by a gunshot to the head. Torres says investigators are treating the case “as a murder.” No arrests have been reported.

The body was found Feb. 11 in Indian Path Park in north Lee County.



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