A Cedar Rapids man was arrested in Poweshiek County Tuesday after two state troopers report they found him parked on the side of Interstate 80 with a dead body in his car.
Jihad Abdul-Malik Gasaway, 23, is charged with one count of abuse of corpse and is being held in the Poweshiek County Jail.
According to a criminal complaint, the state troopers pulled over because they noticed a Silver 2010 Chevrolet Malibu parked on the shoulder of westbound I-80, just past the 188 mile marker, between Grinnell and Malcolm.
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Gasaway was standing outside the car and told the troopers his car had stalled and he needed a jump. Gasaway told the troopers his identity and that he had a gun, which he gave to them. The troopers then looked in the car and saw another man in the front passenger seat of the car, who was “covered in miscellaneous clothing” and was not responding to the troopers, the complaint states.
The patrol officers discovered the man was dead with apparent gunshot wounds, and Gasaway was arrested. The identity of the dead man has not been released.
“The defendant did not notify anyone of the male subject inside the vehicle. The defendant did not call 911 to request medical assistance. The defendant did not advise the troopers on scene that there was someone in a medical emergency in the vehicle or that there was someone deceased in the vehicle. The defendant had covered the body of the male subject with miscellaneous clothing in an attempt to conceal the body,” the complaint states.
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Jihad Abdul-Malik Gasaway, 23, is charged with one count of abuse of corpse and is being held in the Poweshiek County Jail.
According to a criminal complaint, the state troopers pulled over because they noticed a Silver 2010 Chevrolet Malibu parked on the shoulder of westbound I-80, just past the 188 mile marker, between Grinnell and Malcolm.
A Flourish mapGasaway was standing outside the car and told the troopers his car had stalled and he needed a jump. Gasaway told the troopers his identity and that he had a gun, which he gave to them. The troopers then looked in the car and saw another man in the front passenger seat of the car, who was “covered in miscellaneous clothing” and was not responding to the troopers, the complaint states.
The patrol officers discovered the man was dead with apparent gunshot wounds, and Gasaway was arrested. The identity of the dead man has not been released.
“The defendant did not notify anyone of the male subject inside the vehicle. The defendant did not call 911 to request medical assistance. The defendant did not advise the troopers on scene that there was someone in a medical emergency in the vehicle or that there was someone deceased in the vehicle. The defendant had covered the body of the male subject with miscellaneous clothing in an attempt to conceal the body,” the complaint states.
CR man accused of concealing dead body in vehicle in Poweshiek County
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested in Poweshiek County Tuesday after two state troopers report they found him parked on the side of Interstate 80 with a dead body in his car.
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