By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com
This story was run on Radio Iowa.
Britt, IA – Radio Iowa’s Dar Danielson reports a Britt man is charged with stabbing a woman to death Saturday.
Information from the Iowa DCI says 56-year-old Monte Eckels of Britt was found outside a residence on the southeast side of Britt after police received a call about a disturbance around 7:10 p.m. Saturday. Officers found 62-year-old Leallen Bergman of Ventura dead in the residence from apparent stab wounds. Eckels was charged with first-degree murder and taken to the Winnebago County Jail. A DCI spokesman says Eckels and Bergman were in a relationship.