U.S. Marshals in Nevada arrested a man last month for killing a woman who was found dead in Iowa in February.

The Gazette reported that on February 28, Brittany Hopkins, aged 38, was discovered deceased in a shopping cart in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Hopkins, who was pregnant at the time, was wrapped in a comforter secured with electrical tape and covered with bags of trash.

An autopsy determined Hopkins died from blunt force head trauma.

Following the public identification of Hopkins as the victim, an individual reportedly informed the police that Donnie White, 51, had been seen with Hopkins in the days leading up to her death. According to The Gazette, another witness told authorities that they had witnessed White assaulting Hopkins on February 26 — merely two days before her body was found.

White is said to reside less than a block away from the location where Hopkins’ body was discovered. Furthermore, police stated that they found markings in White’s apartment building that led outside and matched the pattern of shopping cart wheels scuffing the carpet.

A day before Hopkins’ body was discovered, surveillance cameras from a nearby building showed an empty shopping cart being pushed up to White’s apartment building. Fifteen minutes later, the shopping cart — now full — was pushed to the area where Hopkins’ body was located the following day.

According to The Gazette, a search of White’s apartment uncovered a hammer covered with blood and hair and a broken CO2 air pistol which was also covered with blood and hair. Police said they also discovered White’s bloody handprint on a wall, in addition to bleach, scuff, and drag marks on the carpet.

On March 19, U.S. Marshals apprehended White in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was extradited to Iowa, where he is charged with first-degree murder and nonconsensual termination of pregnancy.

White remains jailed on $2.5 million bail.

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