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Decorah area man reportedly admits to killing his father, reported missing last week
A $1 million cash bond has been set in Iowa for a Decorah man who has admitted to police that he shot and killed his father, who has been missing since last week.
Aaron Whittle is being charged with 1st degree murder in Winneshiek County, Iowa, in the death of 74-year-old Lawrence Paul Whittle.
According to police, the younger Whittle, who’s 43, committed the murder on Thursday at the family home in Decorah, and a search for Lawrence Whittle was launched on Friday near a public park. Aaron Whittle was arrested early Monday, and appeared in Winneshiek County court later in the day.