EAGLE GROVE, Iowa (AP) — One person was killed and another person was in custody after a stabbing at a northern Iowa pork processing plant. The Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation says Wright County deputies were called at 5:42 a.m. Tuesday to the Prestage Foods plant near Eagle Grove for a report of a stabbing. Deputies found a dead person in an employee locker room and then identified a suspect, who was taken into custody. An investigation found the victim and suspect knew each other. The names of those involved were not immediately released.
One person killed, one in custody after pork plant stabbing
Feb 16, 2021 | 12:45 PM
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