(Marion, Iowa) – Officials with the Marion Police Department said Thursday (Today),  third person suspected of being involved in the weekend death of a woman was arrested this afternoon. 20-year-old Logan William Michael Kimpton, of Hiawatha, was charged with Conspiracy to Commit a Forcible Felony, a Class-C Felony. Kimpton was being held in the Linn County Jail in Cedar Rapids.

According to a criminal complaint filed in the case, during an interview with police, Kimpton said he was with two other people at Walmart in Cedar Rapids last Saturday night. He admitted to purchasing a machete at the store, and confirmed one of the other subjects purchased a machete as well.

Surveillance footage and a receipt corroborated his statement. The receipt showed two machetes and two pairs of coated gloves were purchased. During questioning, the investigator confronted Kimpton and advised him he was being investigated for Conspiracy to Commit a Forcible Felony (murder). When told he “Chickened out” regarding the murder, Kimpton said “Damn right I did.”

Yesterday (Wednesday), authorities announced 18-year-old Dakota Van Patten, of Cedar Rapids, was charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy in the death of 20-year-old Melody Hoffman of Marion. Police say Van Patten and 23-year-old McKinley Louisma, of Cedar Rapids, kidnapped Hoffman from a park in Cedar Rapids. She was strangled, beaten and stabbed. Louisma was charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping Tuesday.

Hoffman’s bodyfound at Lily Lake in Amana, Sunday. Marion police say  investigators determined through Hoffman’s smartwatch that she was in Louisma’s car before being killed. The complaint says the two had been in a relationship.