CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Jury selection began Monday morning for one of the men accused in the 2024 murder of 20-year-old woman from Marion.
Dakota Van Patten is charged with First Degree Murder and Kidnapping in the death of Melody Hoffman.
Investigators accuse Van Patten of helping McKinley Louisma kidnap and murder Hoffman in February 2024. Hoffman’s body was found near Lily Lake in Amana…