Ames police find woman dead in apartment; man arrested

AMES, Iowa (AP) — An Ames man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder after police found a woman dead inside an Ames apartment. The discovery was made shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday, when officers sent to an apartment for a welfare check discovered a woman dead there. Police have not released the name of the woman or said how she died, but did say her death was the result of a homicide. Police immediately identified 26-year Oscar Chavez as a suspect in the killing. Police say Chavez was later arrested near Auburn, when he was stopped on suspicion of a traffic violation in Sac County.