Photo: Winnebago County Iowa Jail
(Britt, IA) -- A northern Iowa man has been charged with First Degree Murder in a woman's death. Fifty-six-year-old Monte Eckels is charged in the stabbing death of 62-year-old Leallen Bergman of Ventura. Police found Bergman's body at 7:10 p.m. Saturday night in a home at 275 4th Street SE, in Britt.
Eckels was detained and later arrested for First Degree Murder and taken to the Winnebago County Jail.
The investigation is being conducted by the Britt Police Department, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, and the Hancock County Attorney’s Office. Additional assistance was provided by the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office, Kanawha Police Department, Garner Police Department, and West Hancock Ambulance Service.