DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Police say the ex-boyfriend of an Illinois woman whose body was found at an arboretum in Iowa is charged with her death. Twenty-year-old Jennifer Lopez, of Galena, Illinois, was found dead Monday on the grounds of the Dubuque Arboretum & Botanical Gardens. Her ex-boyfriend, 21-year-old Richard Forsythe, of Galena, is charged with first-degree murder in her death. He is being held on a $1 million bond in Galena awaiting extradition to Dubuque. No further information has been released.
Illinois woman’s body found at Iowa arboretum, Man charged
By Tom Robinson
Feb 3, 2021 | 10:00 AM

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