(BURLINGTON, Iowa) -- A man wanted in connection with the murder of his wife in Iowa has been arrested in Illinois.

Officials said in published reports that Chico Newman was held by U.S. Marshals in Moline, Ill., on Monday night.

Chico Newman's wife, Crystal, was found shot dead at the couple's home in Burlington, Iowa, last August.

Newman faces a charge of first-degree murder.

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