MISSOURI VALLEY, Iowa -- A Little Sioux, Iowa, man is in custody on suspicion of beating another man to death in Harrison County.
Sebastin O'Brien, 22, was booked into the Harrison County Jail Sunday on a charge of first-degree murder. He's suspected of beating, kicking and hitting Douglas Manley with dresser drawers in Manley's rural Missouri Valley home.
According to court documents, O'Brien is suspected of crashing a pickup truck near Modale, Iowa, at approximately 4:30 p.m. Sunday. O'Brien was picked up by another man and driven to Modale, where the two got into a physical confrontation, which was reported to the Harrison County Sheriff's Office.
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Deputies located O'Brien, who was intoxicated and combative and told them he had assaulted Manley, the pickup's owner. Deputies went to Manley's home and found blood smeared on the window of the front door, which appeared to have been forced open. Deputies entered the home and observed more blood and found Manley's body with blunt force facial and head injuries, court documents said.
During an interview with authorities, O'Brien said he and Manley had been living together in a camper near DeSoto Bend and had gone to Manley's house to move furniture. While moving the furniture, court documents said, the two got into a fight, and O'Brien said he punched, kicked and struck Manley with dresser drawers. He told investigators Manley had raped him earlier in the day and, in a call to his mother after his arrest, said Manley deserved to die because he had been molesting a female.
Manley's body was transported to the Iowa State Medical Examiner in Ankeny for an autopsy.
An investigation conducted by the sheriff's office, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and Iowa State Patrol continues.
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Sebastin O'Brien, 22, was booked into the Harrison County Jail Sunday on a charge of first-degree murder. He's suspected of beating, kicking and hitting Douglas Manley with dresser drawers in Manley's rural Missouri Valley home.
According to court documents, O'Brien is suspected of crashing a pickup truck near Modale, Iowa, at approximately 4:30 p.m. Sunday. O'Brien was picked up by another man and driven to Modale, where the two got into a physical confrontation, which was reported to the Harrison County Sheriff's Office.
O’Brien
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Deputies located O'Brien, who was intoxicated and combative and told them he had assaulted Manley, the pickup's owner. Deputies went to Manley's home and found blood smeared on the window of the front door, which appeared to have been forced open. Deputies entered the home and observed more blood and found Manley's body with blunt force facial and head injuries, court documents said.
During an interview with authorities, O'Brien said he and Manley had been living together in a camper near DeSoto Bend and had gone to Manley's house to move furniture. While moving the furniture, court documents said, the two got into a fight, and O'Brien said he punched, kicked and struck Manley with dresser drawers. He told investigators Manley had raped him earlier in the day and, in a call to his mother after his arrest, said Manley deserved to die because he had been molesting a female.
Manley's body was transported to the Iowa State Medical Examiner in Ankeny for an autopsy.
An investigation conducted by the sheriff's office, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and Iowa State Patrol continues.
Iowa man suspected of beating another man to death with dresser drawers
Sebastin O'Brien, 22, was booked into the Harrison County Jail on a charge of first-degree murder.
