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Davenport police responded to the 2600 block of Central Park Avenue just after 4:30 p.m. Feb. 16, 2021 and found a 77-year-old woman dead in an apartment.
Updated: Co-worker of homicide victim: I knew something was wrong
“That was weird,” Alexander said. “Dianne would never let her son (Andrew Rupp) drive her car.”
Alexander was at the scene, 2654 W. Central Park, Davenport, when Dianne’s body was found in her apartment. Her son, Andrew Rupp, 53, has been charged with first-degree murder.
Alexander has worked for PR Masonry for 20 years. He was there when it was owned by Dianne’s other son, Pat Rupp, who died in June 2019. And he continued to work there when Dianne took it on.
Police say Dianne was killed in her apartment above the masonry shop.
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DAVENPORT, Iowa Davenport police say a 53-year-old man is facing charges, including first-degree murder, in the death of his mother, Dianne Rupp, Tuesday.
In a media release, police responded at 4:32 p.m. Tuesday to the 2600 block of Central Park Avenue for a suspicious death, KWQC reported.
They found Rupp, 77, dead inside an apartment.
After a preliminary investigation, officers arrested her son, Andrew William Rupp Sr., 53. He was initially booked on charges of interfering with official acts and possession of a controlled substance. However, he subsequently was charged with murder and is being held in the Scott County Jail, police said in the release.