Des Moines Man Found Guilty of First-Degree Murder

(Des Moines, Iowa) -- A Des Moines man is found guilty of First-Degree murder in a 2019 shooting.

On Monday, a jury found Stanley Wofford guilty of covering up his involvement in the shooting death of John Belcher.

Investigators say Wofford called 9-1-1 about half an hour after the shooting, claiming to have found the body at a house north of downtown Des Moines.

Wofford will face sentencing at the end of April. Life in prison is the mandatory sentence for First-Degree murder in Iowa.

(Photo from the Polk County Sheriff's Office)


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