DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Autopsies show that five members of an
Iowa City family found dead in their home on Monday 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.

Steven Sueppel, who police believe killed his wife and children
sometime Sunday night or Monday, died as the result of trauma
suffered in a car crash. Police say he deliberately crashed his van
into a concrete pillar on Interstate 80 about nine miles east of
Iowa City Monday morning.
     
     
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