DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A 15-year-old girl has been arrested in a man’s death that was initially reported to police as a suicide, police said Wednesday.
The teen, whom police did not name, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder in the the death of Zachary Brooks, 37, of Des Moines, police said in a news release.
Brooks was found dead in an apartment Monday evening after someone called authorities to report a suicide there. The officers who arrived found Brooks’ body, but said his death didn’t appear to be a suicide. Police later declared Brooks’ death as the city’s 12th homicide of the year.
Police have given no details of how Brooks died or what led to the teen’s arrest.
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