Suspect in 1983 cold case murder returned to Iowa

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — A man accused of a 1983 murder in Sioux City has been returned to Iowa.

Officials said 62-year-old Thomas Popp was booked into the Woodbury County Jail on a $3 million bond after being extradited from Washington state. Popp is accused of killing 18-year-old Terri McCauley who died back in 1983.

Officials said this past January a Woodbury County grand jury indicted Popp on charges of first-degree murder, which is what brought him back to Sioux City.

Back in 1983, McCauley met with some friends in downtown Sioux City and never came home. On October 5th of 1983, McCauley’s body was found near 33rd Street off of Floyd Boulevard. The gravel road where her body was found no longer exists in Sioux City, it has since been paved over.

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