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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) -A University of Iowa student is in a Linn County jail charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his mom, dad and sister.
Matthew Meppelink to a friend of Alexander Jackson’s, who said the two were playing video games the night before police discovered the bodies of his family members.
Tuesday morning police say Jackson called authorities and said a masked intruder shot him and his dad. Police found the bodies of the father, Jan, mother, Melissa and 19-year-old sister, Sabrina, in separate rooms of their home at 4414 Oak Leaf Court Northeast.
Alexander Jackson had a minor gunshot wound to his foot and blamed the shootings on the intruder. Police say there was no sign of forced entry, and the county prosecutor called the killings “execution.”
Meppelink says Alexander never spoke to him about any family issues, but police say Alexander admitted that his father had recently told him to get a job or move out.