The State Medical Examiner’s Office Friday, released details on the cause of death of a man found in a burned out car in Guthrie County on March 30th. Dr. Julia Goodin determined 64-year old Bobby Jo Knapp‘s cause of death to be from multiple cuts of the upper and lower extremities, complicated by smoke and soot inhalation.The manner of death will be certified as Suicide.

Knapp’s body was found inside a burned out vehicle after the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from a person who discovered the car. Upon arriving at the scene, the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office discovered a body inside the vehicle. The Honda Accord had been borrowed from Knapp’s friend in central Iowa. The investigation was conducted by the Guthrie County Sheriff’s office, Division of Criminal Investigation and the Iowa State Fire Marshal’s office.

Knapp had been released from a federal prison near Duluth, Minn., on March 25th. He failed to report for an automatic check in with the U.S. Marshall’s office the next evening. The office had issued a warrant for parole violation after Knapp failed to check in. Knapp was the former owner and operator of the Equitable Building in downtown Des Moines. He’d been sentenced in 2011 to 41 months in federal prison for violating asbestos laws during his renovation of the building.