Iowa deputies seek vomit dumper
No suspects identified yet in serial barf bag caper
The Associated Press
MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa - Sheriff's deputies in Henry County are stuck in the middle of a less than appetizing investigation.
Investigators are trying to find the person who has dumped bags of what appears to be human vomit in ditches in a 1 1/2-mile area northeast of the city.
Deputy Dan Wesley said as many as 50 garbage and trash bags containing regurgitated food have been dumped over the past three years.
Bags, ranging in size from small white trash bags to large black lawn bags, have been found with only a couple of inches of the substance in them, Wesley said.
"It's pretty weird," he said. "It's pretty unusual for us.... We haven't worked anything like this before."
A sample was taken from one of the bags and sent to a private lab for analysis.
"We haven't found any DNA or anything yet," he said.
There are no suspects in the case.
"We were just hoping ... whoever is doing it will stop," Wesley said.
No suspects identified yet in serial barf bag caper
The Associated Press
MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa - Sheriff's deputies in Henry County are stuck in the middle of a less than appetizing investigation.
Investigators are trying to find the person who has dumped bags of what appears to be human vomit in ditches in a 1 1/2-mile area northeast of the city.
Deputy Dan Wesley said as many as 50 garbage and trash bags containing regurgitated food have been dumped over the past three years.
Bags, ranging in size from small white trash bags to large black lawn bags, have been found with only a couple of inches of the substance in them, Wesley said.
"It's pretty weird," he said. "It's pretty unusual for us.... We haven't worked anything like this before."
A sample was taken from one of the bags and sent to a private lab for analysis.
"We haven't found any DNA or anything yet," he said.
There are no suspects in the case.
"We were just hoping ... whoever is doing it will stop," Wesley said.
