People v. Mueller

Concealment of homicidal deaths.

Tried at bench—guilty—30 months’ probation.

We affirm.

Neil Mueller shot and killed Art Pierson and his son, Roscoe Pier-son, on April 17, 1982, in Scott County.

Immediately after the shootings, Mueller placed the bodies in his pickup truck, drove to his farm in Scott County, and put the bodies in a hogpen. Upon returning to the farm after dinner, Mueller waited for his wife to retire and go to sleep. He then loaded the bodies back in his truck, drove into Cass County, and dumped the bodies off a bridge over Clear Creek.

Several days later, Mueller voluntarily told…