Iowa dad allegedly planned for a week how to kill his young son before strangling him

MARION, Iowa (TCN) -- A 45-year-old father was taken into custody this week for allegedly strangling his son to death after he had been planning how to kill him for a week. According to the Cedar Rapids Gazette, on Tuesday, Oct. 29, just before 6 a.m., Marion Police Department officers received call about a young boy who "wasn’t breathing and was warm to the touch." Officers and paramedics arrived at the caller's house on Willowbrook Drive and transported the 5-year-old boy to a hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. The boy's mother reportedly told police, "His dad strang