SHELDON, Iowa – Officials with the Iowa Department of Public Safety report an arrest has been made in connection with the death of a woman in Sheldon.The suspect, 41-year-old Nathaniel Byron Kessel, of Rock Rapids, Iowa, was taken into custody at around Noon today (Friday), in Flandreau South Dakota. Hessler was arrested on two Iowa: 1 count of felon in possession of a firearm (Class D Felony) and 1 count of murder in the 1st degree (Class A Felony).

Authorities say that at or about 4:00-p.m. Thursday, March 23, 2023, the O’Brien County Communication Center received a 911 call about a deceased female located at 604 4th Ave., in Sheldon. When authorities arrived, they found the female deceased inside her home. Her name was not immediately released. Her death was being treated as a homicide. An autopsy has been scheduled for Saturday March 25, 2023 at the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner, in Ankeny, Iowa.

If you have any information regarding this investigation, please call the Sheldon Police Department at 712-324-2525, or you can call the DCI at 712- 224-7680.

This is an ongoing criminal investigation; no further details or names are being released at this time.