A Minnesota man has been charged with first-degree murder in the 1995 shooting death of Angela Buck, whose body was found along an Iowa creek.

Thirty-one years is a long time for a case to stay open. The complaint leans on witness accounts and on what it calls Grant's changing stories over decades of interviews. Those are allegations in a charging document. They have not been tested in court.

Kelly Grant, 59, of Bertha, Minnesota, is charged with first-degree murder in the 1995 shooting death of Angela Renee "Angie" Buck, 37, of Waterloo, the Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office said Friday, Oct. 16, 2026, CBS Minnesota and FOX 9 reported. The Iowa Attorney General's Office said deputies and agents with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation arrested Grant on Oct. 15, with help from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Todd County Sheriff's Office. Bertha is in Todd County, in central Minnesota. Some outlets reported the arrest as Friday.

Turtle hunters found Buck's body on Aug. 11, 1995, along a creek bank near a bridge in the 900 block of Pilot Grove Road, east of Waterloo, KCCI reported. The Iowa State Medical Examiner's Office found she died of a gunshot wound, and her death was ruled a homicide. "This is a great example that highlights the cooperation and tenacity of multiple agencies working together to bring closure to a case that is over 30 years old," Black Hawk County Sheriff Nate Neff said. "I would also like to credit the retired deputies who originally worked this case."

According to the criminal complaint, as FOX 9 and KCCI reported it, Buck did not own or have access to a car. She was at a home in the 300 block of Cottage Street in Waterloo late on Aug. 10 into the early hours of Aug. 11, 1995. Several people were there, including Buck, Grant and "another identified male." A witness told investigators they saw a person who looked like Grant and another man "forcibly removing Buck from the residence and forcing Buck into a vehicle before driving away." Her body was found about eight miles east. In January 1996, the complaint says, an associate told police Grant insinuated that he and the other man killed Buck because they believed she stole from them.

The complaint says Grant's account changed over the years, FOX 9 reported. He first said he did not know Buck, then said he knew her as a former coworker at IBP after being shown her picture. In July 2001, he said he had been living in Florida when she was killed. In March 2025, he told investigators he remembered stopping by a home where the other man, several other men and a woman who appeared to be "under duress" were waiting. He said the woman resembled Buck, and that he drove the group to another spot in Waterloo. Investigators say they learned in 2025 of another possible motive: that Buck was falsely believed to be giving police information about drug activity in the area. The other man described in the complaint has not been publicly named or charged.

"After 31 years, Angie Buck's family is getting answers," Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird said. Her office's Cold Case Unit helped in the later stages of the investigation. KCCI reported the Black Hawk County Attorney's Office also worked the case. Authorities said the investigation is ongoing. Public reports did not say when Grant will first appear in an Iowa court or whether he has a lawyer. A charge is an accusation, not a conviction. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.