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Attorney General Bird's Iowa Cold Case Unit Announces Murder Charge for the 2020 Disappearance of Christian Balke-Thompson
January 22, 2026
DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 22 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release:

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Attorney General Bird's Iowa Cold Case Unit Announces Murder Charge for the 2020 Disappearance of Christian Balke-Thompson

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DES MOINES-Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced an arrest for the murder of Christian Balke-Thompson who disappeared in 2020. The Iowa Cold Case unit helped investigate the case. Attorney General Bird . . .

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