Man accused of 1983 Sioux City murder pleads not guilty
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — A man has pleaded not guilty to the alleged murder of a woman over four decades ago.
According to court documents, Thomas Popp, 62, submitted his plea of not guilty for one count of first-degree murder on Thursday, March 27. He is accused of killing Terri McCauley, 18, in Sioux City in Sept. 1983.
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McCauley disappeared from a Sioux City parking lot on Sept. 26, 1983. Her body was then found days later near 33rd and Pavonia Streets.
On Jan. 10, 2025, a grand jury in Woodbury County District Court indicted Popp for first-degree murder. He was arrested the next day by police officers in Longview, Washington. He would then be transported to the Woodbury County Jail in early March, where he is currently being held on a $3 million bond.
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McCauley, who was Native American, left behind two children. Since then, her nephew Josh Taylor has advocated for her case and the cases of other Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women to be solved.
'Terri could have been a very successful Native American woman in our community,' Taylor said at the time of Popp's arrest. 'That, unfortunately, was stolen from her.'
Popp's jury trial is set to begin June 3, 2025 in Sioux City.
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