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CEDAR RAPIDS — Out of the 268 photos an investigator recovered from the cellphone of Dakota Van Patten , 200 were selfies of him wearing the glasses of the 20-year-old Marion woman he is on trial for kidnapping and fatally strangling in February 2024.

Marion Investigator Tom Peterson, resuming his testimony from Friday, displayed the numerous selfies in a PowerPoint to quickly show the photos, which Van Patten took between 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 18 and 8:30 p.m. Feb. 19.

That time frame was after Melody Hoffman was killed around midnight Feb. 18 at Morgan Creek Park in Cedar Rapids, and then her body was left at the Lily Pond in Amana.

Some of the selfies are of Van Patten shirtless and in bed,

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