The murder trial of a former Van Buren County man begins today in southeast Iowa. Twenty-two-year-old Sean Bentler of Quincy, Illinois, formerly of Bonaparte, is charged in the murders of his parents and his three teenage sisters in their Bonaparte home last October.
Bentler’s fate will be determined by Judge Michael Mullins as Bentler waived his right to a jury trial earlier this year. The trial’s expected to last five days.