Suspect Charged Nearly 7 Years After Iowa Architect’s Death

Suspect Charged Nearly 7 Years After Iowa Architect’s Death
Zachary Allen Gaskill. Polk County Jail
The Associated Press
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DES MOINES, Iowa—Nearly seven years after the death of a prominent Des Moines architect, police have arrested a suspect.

Police spokesman Sgt. Paul Parizek said investigators uncovered enough evidence to charge Zachary Allen Gaskill on Wednesday with second-degree murder in the January 2016 death of Kirk Blunck. The 62-year-old was found severely injured in the stairwell of a building he had renovated where he had an office. He died later.