IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Autopsies show that five members of an Iowa City family found dead in their home were beaten to death.
The results show that Sheryl Sueppel and her four children died from blunt force trauma to their upper torsos and heads.
Police believe former bank executive Steven Sueppel killed his wife and children sometime Sunday night or Monday. He had been charged with embezzlement, and his body was found in the wreckage of a car crash Monday morning.
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