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Iowa early News Headlines: Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019

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October 30th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Police in Council Bluffs have identified a person whose body was found wrapped in a sheet near downtown. Police said in a news release Tuesday that an autopsy showed the body is that of 35-year-old William Josephtong Dut, of Council Bluffs. Police have not revealed how Dut died, but have said his death is suspicious and that police continue to investigate.

MARKHAM, Ill. (AP) — An Iowa man with Chicago-area ties has been charged with murder in the shooting death of two people at a suburban shopping mall earlier this month. Prosecutors say 18-year-old Dajon Lewis is was charged in the death of 17-year-old Tyrell Wade and 18-year-old Christin Ross. Prosecutors said Tuesday that Wade, Ross and three other people saw Lewis at River Oaks Center Mall in Calumet City on Oct. 10 and confronted him about robbing Ross’ sister. Lewis was ordered held without bond on Tuesday.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Federal antitrust regulators reviewing the proposed merger of defense contractors United Technologies Corp. and Raytheon have requested that United Technologies unit Collins Aerospace sell its Cedar Rapids-based military GPS business. The Gazette reports that the GPS business employs hundreds in Cedar Rapids. In a Monday email, employees were notified that regulatory agencies asked the company to explore the divestiture of the Rockwell Collins operation.

WAUKEE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are investigating another explosion at an Iowa gender reveal party that happened one day after a blast at a similar gathering killed a 56-year-old woman in a nearby community. Authorities say no one was injured in the explosion Sunday in rural Waukee, a Des Moines suburb, but they are looking into unconfirmed claims that the blast broke a neighbor’s windows.