SHELDON, IOWA – A Northern Iowa woman was murdered by her own son, police say.
NIT previously reported that at or about 4:00 PM on March 23, 2023, the O’Brien County Communication Center received a 911 call about a deceased female located at 604 4th Ave in Sheldon, Iowa. When authorities arrived, they found the female deceased inside her home. The death was treated as a homicide investigation. An autopsy was scheduled for Saturday March 25, 2023 at the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner, in Ankeny, Iowa.
The deceased female has been identified at 62-year-old Jody Lynn Duskin. On Thursday March 23, Duskin was found deceased inside her home by a family member. On Saturday March 25, the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner conducted a forensic autopsy. Duskin’s death has been ruled as a homicide.
At or about 12:00 PM on March 24, 2023, 41-year-old Nathaniel Byron Kassel of Rock Rapids, Iowa, was arrested in Flandreau South Dakota on two Iowa arrest warrants: 1 count of felon in possession of a firearm (Class D Felony) and 1 count of murder in the 1st degree (Class A Felony).
Jody Lynn Duskin is the mother of Nathaniel Kassel. Kassel is currently in custody at the Brookings County Sheriff’s Office in South Dakota. Kassel will be returned to Iowa after a judge approves his extradition.
(PHOTO: Nathaniel Kessel jail photo)