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The man charged with first-degree murder in the 1983 death of an Eastern Iowa man is waiving extradition back to Iowa.
64-year-old Michael Schappert appeared in court in Oregon on Friday morning.
He's accused of the murder of Ron Novak, who was found dead inside his home in Linn County on Christmas Eve 1983.
Schappert was arrested this week, after investigators identified him as a suspect through blood and touch/trace DNA located on Novak's clothing, and a hammer believed to have been used in the attack.