First on 13. A nearly four county has come to an end. And a man police linked to two homicides in des moines is in custody. The bodies of 36 year old bryon howard and 31 year old Heather Belieu were discovered in this home on Center Street monday afternoon. Police identified 39 year old Michael Wanchanic as a person of interest in the case. Wanchanic is believed to be the victims roommate. Hes been transferred to the polk county jail. Thats where we find channel 13s josh nguyen. He joins us with details about the handgun was the only thing found in his possession when he got out, and the vehicle will be taken back to the Des Moines Police department and family and friends are remembering the victims of the double homicide. It still seems unreal. And i just love the fact that they got so much love and support. Dozens of people gathered at a bridge near belieu and howards home last night. They held candles and shared memories. Some also took the opportunity to push for change. Lets try t
Moines this afternoon. Jack police are on just off o bodies were there were small children in but they werent hurt. Detectives have neighbors, who say the couple fighting. Local 5s kattey ortiz has more from the scene. Jack local 5 will be night, so expect new information tonight on local five news at 10. Back to the weather brad all about for story. Jack where you are in iowa, the rain, ice, snow or all three, are causing big headaches for drivers. Truck drivers who are trying to go Cross Country on a tight deadline. Local 5s Claire Powell saw how they decide to keep going or quits. 223 to avoca from when the rain turns to ice. Turns to snow. Sometimes its a hard call to make its the time of winter when Truck Drivers like Jerry Redding of decker truckine has to make those tough deadline decisions lot of change to sleet to snow and it did it quick today, those snowflakes were big more than 700 drivers,with trucks full of perishable foods and you name it, cutting paths across the countr
Arrested last night after a four hour standoff with state and local police. Stephanie we now have more information about what exactly happened monday afternoon inside that house during the shooting, and how wanchanic knew the victims. Local 5s Claire Powell is live at the scene of the crime. Claire . Claire stephanie, more gruesome details are emerging. According to these criminal complaints filed this morning wanchanic deliberately shot bryon howard and Heather Belieu multiple times while they slept downstairs in the basement of the house they all shared. Belieu was even holding her eight month old infant in her arms when she shot. The complaint says wanchanic went into his stepmothers bedroom, grabbed a gun and shot and killed the victims. He then hid the gun in his room, grabbed a different 9 mm handgun, stole the victims van and left for slater. While we know the details, the motive is still unclear. But in an off camera interview wanchanics wanchanic was depressed and having diffi
The Black Hawk County Highway Department expects the storm will close gravel roads and some black top roads by tomorrow morning. This is s ucus night here in iowa, the night voters get together to decide who they want to win their partys president iti nommations. Caucuses start at seven tonight across the state. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders joins us live from whats beingalled the super site at Capital Square in des moines. Forrest, how are things shaping up in the state capital . Its basically caucus hq for journalists across the globe. Look at this place. The big American Networks are here, but many others too. Bbc, al jazeria, telemundo. Too many to mention. Here are the stats from microsoft. Broadcasting outlets. 112 print organizations. 18 d dferent countries. Heres the big one; more than 16hundred credentialed press. Thats about a fourth of my hometown of spirit lake, iowa. We caught up with a journalist from czech tv news out of the Czech Republic to see what he thought of the caucu
Increase in clouds. A weak area of low pressure is still set to drift across the area this evening and itll likely squeeze some snow showers out. Most areas will likely only see a trace to half inch. Well start the weekend off right on saturday with highs well up into the 30s and a decent amount of sunshine as well. Later on sunday, a chance of snow does exist and that is part of a system that will impact eastern iowa on monday. While snow amounts look light, the wind may be an issue come monday with gusts over 30mph. Well be watching this system for possible travel impact in the area for mondays commute. Enjoy your weekend toda y partly cloudy high 2632 winds sw 515 alo 26 dbq 26 iow 31tonight partly cloudy low 1521 winds nw 515 alo 14 dbq 16 iow 20tomorrow chance of snow late high 2733 winds s 510 alo 28 dbq 29 iow 32tomorrow night chance of light snow low 2026 winds s 510 alo 22 dbq 23 iow 25 thanks kaj. Republican president ial candidates are preparing for their debate in New Hamps