DES MOINES, Iowa — A material witness in a December homicide has been found dead, according to Des Moines police.
Officers responded to a report of a dead body found in a garage at a home in the 400 block of Fulton Drive at approximately 10:53 a.m. on Dec. 26.
When officers arrived, they found a deceased man, as well as a gun.
The man was later identified as 54-year-old Scott L. Lowery of Des Moines.
DMPD has been searching for Lowery since Dec. 13, as they believed he had information relating to the homicide of 51-year-old Natasha Lue Jean Williams.
Williams was found dead on Dec. 12 after a welfare check was performed at a home on Glenwood Drive.
This incident and Williams' death remain under investigation, according to police.
Lowery's death is being investigated as a suicide.
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