SPENCER, Iowa (KTIV) -
A second man has been charged with 1st Degree Murder in the fatal beating of a man in Spencer, Iowa last month. 21-year old Cody Millard was arrested Thursday and is being held on a quarter-million dollars bond in the beating of Edward Kitto on August 27th.
The 59-year old Kitto was found beaten and unresponsive in the backyard of this home on East 3rd Street in Spencer. He died later at a Sioux Falls hospital.
Another man, 21-year old Christopher Fitzpatrick of Spencer, is also charged with 1st Degree Murder in the case, plus Willful Injury and 1st Degree Burglary. He has pleaded not guilty.