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(Iowa City, IA) -- A retired University of Iowa music professor is facing child porn and drug charges. Iowa's News Now reports John Muriello is accused of buying meth in California and giving it to someone who died in 2021. Investigators say a large amount of child porn was found at his home during a search. Muriello is being held in the Muscatine County Jail.
Muriello is an Emeritus Professor of Voice and Opera.