A man in connection with the death of 58 year-old Timothy Fechter has been arrested. 

Accoding to Iowa Department of Public Saftey, The brother of Fechter, 43 year-old Dustin Seley has been charged with first degree murder and is in custudy in the Union County Jail, where he has been since June 29th on unrelated charges. Seley will be transferred to the Adair County Sheriff’s Office, where he will be held on the murder charge. 

The charge follows a two month long investigation into the disappearance and death of Fechter. The deceased  was found on a Adair County rural road on July 1st, after being reported as missing by the Creston Police Department on June 29th. The State Medical Examiner’s Office ruled Fechter’s death as blunt force trauma and a gunshot wound. 

Anyone with information on this investigation is asked to contact Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater at 641-743-2148. Raccoon Valley Radio will bring you more information as it becomes official.