Thomas Popp Being Extradited to Iowa—Klog 100.7 News

Thomas Popp, a 62-year-old man from Longview, is heading to Iowa to face charges related to the 1983 killing of a woman in Sioux City.

According to the Sioux City Journal, a Cowlitz County judge recently issued a governor’s warrant for Popp’s extradition to Iowa. He has been in custody since his arrest on January 11 and is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of 18-year-old Terri McCauley.

McCauley, a mother of two, was last seen alive in a Sioux City parking lot early on the morning of September 26, 1983. She had told two friends she was going on a date. More than a week later, on October 6, a man walking his dog discovered her partially clothed and decomposed body. Investigators determined McCauley had been shot in the face with a 20-gauge shotgun.

Details about what led to Popp’s arrest have not yet been made public.