LOUISA Co., Iowa (KWQC) - A man has been charged with murder after police say he dragged man behind a van down a gravel road.

Salvador Castaneda, 58, was charged with first-degree murder on Tuesday.

Castaneda was also charged with abuse of a corpse, a Class C felony, in June.

Castaneda remains in custody on a $1,000,000 cash bond as well as an immigration detainer that has been issued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Background:

According to an arrest affidavit, around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Louisa County dispatch got a 911 call from a woman who said she saw a van speed past her home with “some sort of impact in the ditch.”

When police arrived at the 300 block of Collins Road, they found an unoccupied van that appeared to have crashed into the ditch.

Officials said since the

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