A suspect in the 1995 death of Susan Kersten is in custody. The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the Muscatine County Sheriff’s Office arrested 54-year-old Steven John Klein in Muscatine on Friday.  His arrest followed a 20 year investigation that began in September of 1995 when a report of a car on fire near Hills was reported. Kersten’s body was found inside.

According to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, an autopsy determined she died of blunt force trauma to the head before the fire and it’s believed Klein staged the accident after killing her.

Klein is being held at the Johnson County Jail on $1 million cash only bond.