(Mason City, Iowa) – Police in Mason City said Friday that an arrest has been made in connection with the death of a woman whose body was found in a burning house in September. Authorities report 28-year-old Dominick Daniel Degner, of Mason City, faces a charge of 1st Degree Murder in the death of 25-year-old Tonette Nadine Wolfe. He was being held in the Cerro Gordo County Jail. Officials indicated Degner and Wolfe lived together.

The arrest stems from an investigation into a house fire that took place a little after 5-a.m. Sept. 7, 2021, at 123 N. Tennessee Avenue, in Mason City. After the fire was extinguished, Wolfe’s body was found in the home. The Mason City P-D was assisted in its investigation by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and the Iowa State Fire Marshal.