Iowa City police investigating suspicious death

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Iowa City police are investigating a suspicious death that happened Monday at a residence in the 300 block of Camden Road, according to the department.



Police responded to the home at 9:19 a.m. Monday for medical incident, which is now being investigated as a suspicious death.


The department has not released any other information about the death or the investigation. The identity of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of family, according to a news release.

Iowa City police investigating suspicious death

The Iowa City Police Department is investigating a suspicious death that happened Monday at a residence in the 300 Block of Camden Road, according to a news release from the department.

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— An Iowa City man has been charged with domestic abuse in an assault that happened Monday morning, hours before a woman he lived with was found dead in circumstances police say are “suspicious.”



Police have not said whether they believe the domestic abuse is related to the woman’s death.

Joshua Perry
Joshua Perry, 34, was charged Tuesday with domestic abuse assault and child endangerment. According to a criminal complaint, he assaulted a woman at 3:30 a.m. Monday when a child was present in his home, 364 Camden Rd.


The woman sent a message to a family member saying she had been assaulted and witnesses told police they heard a fight going on inside the apartment, the complaint stated.


Police were then called almost six hours later to an address in the 300 block of Camden Road for a report of a medical incident, which is now being investigated as a suspicious death, according to the Iowa City Police Department.


The suspicious death victim was identified Tuesday by the Iowa City Police Department as Victoria Skarda, 33.




A warrant filed last year in Johnson County District Court as part of a drug investigation into Perry stated that police had been called to the 364 Camden Rd. apartment multiple times in the past to deal with domestic disputes between Perry and Skarda.


Police have declined to state whether Perry’s arrest is connected to Skarda’s death, and the victim in the domestic abuse case has not been identified.


Johnson County Attorney Rachel Zimmermann Smith said Wednesday the investigation is ongoing and declined to comment further.


Perry is being held in the Johnson County Jail on a cash-only $500,000 bail.

Iowa City man charged with domestic abuse after woman’s ‘suspicious death’

An Iowa City man has been charged with domestic abuse in an assault that happened Monday morning, hours before a woman he lived with was found dead in circumstances police say are “suspicious.” Police have not said whether they believe the domestic abuse is related to the woman’s death.

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