Seley’s bond set at $1M cash

DES MOINES - After a nearly two-month long investigation into the disappearance and death of 58-year old Timothy Fechter, law enforcement Monday charged his brother, Creston resident Dustin Seley, 43, with one count of murder in the first degree. . Seley was taken into custody at the Union County Jail, where he had been since June 29 on unrelated charges. Custody of Seley has been transferred to the Adair County Sheriff’s Office, where he will be held on the murder charge.

UPDATE: As of today, Aug. 17, following his appearance in court, bond for Dustin Seley has been set in the amount of, or continued at, $1,000,000 cash only.

His preliminary hearing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Aug. 26, at the Adair County Courthouse, 400 PublicSquare Greenfield.

The charge against Seley follows an investigation by the Division of Criminal Investigation, the Creston Police Department, the Union County Sheriff’s Office and the Adair County Sheriff’s Office and an autopsy by the Office of the State Medical Examiner. The medical examiner ruled Fechter’s cause of death as blunt force trauma and gunshot wound. The manner of death has been ruled a homicide.

Fechter was reported missing to the Creston Police Department on June 20 with his body being discovered along a rural Adair County road on July 1. Anyone with information on this investigation is asked to contact Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater at 641-743-2148.