Iowa Year in Review: A long-awaited execution, a missing person s case comes to a close
One of north Iowa s most infamous criminals was executed in 2020, nearly three decades after he killed five people, including two children.
Posted: Dec 31, 2020 10:19 AM
Updated: Dec 31, 2020 10:42 AM
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A north Iowa man convicted of killing five people, including children, was executed.
Dustin Honken, a drug kingpin from north Iowa convicted of killing five people in a scheme to silence former dealers, was executed while in federal prison.
Honken was involved in one of North Iowa’s most well-publicized murder cases and was found guilty of five counts of murder in 2004.