Police Confirm Steve Sueppel Killed Family, Then Took His Own Life (IA City) [View All]

[Hobarticus]

Source: KWWL, Waterloo

Update 4:55 P.M.
Police say they believe an Iowa City man killed his wife and four children, then tried to drown himself before dying in a fiery freeway crash.

Iowa City police found the five bodies yesterday (Monday) morning after receiving a 911 call directing officers to a suburban home.

In a news conference this afternoon, investigators say they believe Steven Sueppel killed his wife, then tried to kill himself and his children in their garage by carbon monoxide poisoning. When that failed, he killed the children individually.

Lieutenant Jim Steffen says investigators couldn't be sure how the children died, but they think it was by blunt force trauma. Steffen says two baseball bats might have been used.

Steffen says that after the children died, Sueppel tried to drown himself in the Iowa River, then made the 911 call and a few minutes later crashed into the freeway abutment.

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Police told reporters there was no specific reason why Sueppel did this. The messages and notes apologized for his actions and indicated his dispair over the embezzlement charges, the loss of his job and the effect the situation has had on his children.

Read more: http://www.kwwl.com/News/index.php?ID=23224

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