Man accused of a 1983 murder in Sioux City has been returned to Iowa
A man accused of murdering a young woman over 40 years ago has returned to Iowa.
As of Saturday, March 8, 62-year-old Thomas Popp was booked into the Woodbury County Jail on a $3 million bond.
Popp is accused of killing 18-year-old Terri McCauley, who died back in 1983. In January 2025, a Woodbury County grand jury indicted Popp on a charge of first-degree murder, which began the process of bringing him to Woodbury County to face trial.
In 1983, the 18-year-old McCauley met with some friends in downtown Sioux City during late September and never came home. On Oct. 1 of that year, McCauley’s mother contacted the Sioux City Police Department and filed an “attempt to locate” report to find her daughter.
With no success, McCauley’s mother filed an official missing person report on Oct. 5. McCauley’s body was found less than 24 hours later. Her body was discovered near 33rd Street, off of Floyd Boulevard.
Investigators say she had been shot point-blank with a 20-gauge shotgun. The gravel road where her body was found no longer exists in Sioux City, it has since been paved over.
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