A teen murder suspect took 200 selfies while wearing the glasses of the 20-year-old Iowa woman with an intellectual disability he is accused of torturing and strangling to death, prosecutors alleged.

Dakota Van Patten, 19, is alleged to have helped his friend McKinley Louisma kidnap and kill Louisma’s ex-girlfriend Melody Hoffman, who was murdered around midnight on Feb. 18, 2024, according to Marion County investigators, The Gazette reported .

Prosecutors revealed in court Tuesday that Van Patten ghoulishly snapped over 200 selfies while wearing Hoffman’s clear-framed glasses between the hours of 2:30 p.m. on Feb 18 and 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 19, 2024. 3

The selfie-tranche found on Van Patten’s phone included pics of the suspect shirtless in bed, wearing the sweatshirt he is accused

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