Sikeston, Mo., man arrested in Iowa on warrant from '85 killing

ANKENY, Iowa -- Ankeny police have arrested a man wanted for a decades-old killing in Missouri.

Officials say Monday that 49-year-old Brian McBenge, of Sikeston, Mo., was arrested on an outstanding warrant from Crawford County, Mo. He's suspected in the 1985 slaying of Harold Messler in St. Charles, Mo.

Police say McBenge, who was in the area doing construction work, was arrested without incident at the Comfort Inn early Saturday. He's being held in the Polk County jail on $1 million bond. The sheriff's office had no information on whether he has an attorney.

Police say McBenge is also suspected in at least two other killings in the St. Charles area.

Ankeny is just north of Des Moines.