UPDATE: Jackson County Suspect Charged with First Degree Murder

October 13, 2022

MAQUOKETA, Iowa – Christopher Eugene Prichard, age 56, of Bellevue, Iowa, has been charged with First Diploma Homicide for the October 8, 2022, taking pictures demise of Angela Prichard.  On October 8, Jackson County Sheriff’s Workplace responded to a 911 name on the Mississippi Ridge Kennels positioned at 31821 Freeway 52 in Bellevue, Iowa. Upon arrival, regulation enforcement discovered Angela Prichard, age 55, useless from an obvious gunshot wound.  Prichard was later arrested through the early morning hours of October 9, 2022 on warrants for Violation of Protecting Order.  

Christopher Prichard stays within the Jackson County Sheriff’s jail and is scheduled for an preliminary look on the afternoon of October 13, 2022.  If convicted, First Diploma Homicide carries a lifetime imprisonment with out the potential of parole.   

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