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Police say race not factor in killing of Black man in Iowa

| September 23, 2020 10:06 AM

KELLOGG, Iowa (AP) — The killing of a Black man whose body was found bound and burning in a rural central Iowa ditch last week prompted fears of a hate crime carried out in the midst of racial strife roiling the country, but authorities stressed when announcing arrests in his death that evidence didn't point to race as a factor.

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