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Police in Urbandale release the identity of a man found in sub-zero temps earlier this month

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January 23rd, 2024 by Ric Hanson

URBANDALE, IOWA [WHO-TV]— Urbandale Police have released the name of a man who was found dead outside an Urbandale gas station earlier this month in subzero temperatures.  The body of 52-year-old Ibrahim Shoddo, of Des Moines, was found early in the morning of January 13th near the gas pumps at a gas station in the 8700 block of Hickman Road. Police say he died of exposure. Temperatures that evening were more than ten degrees below zero, with wind chills making it even more dangerous to be outside. His death remains under investigation.