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Police officers from at least five agencies continue to search an Iowa City park today for a missing University of Iowa professor accused of exchanging sexual favors for grades.
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Officers are walking Hickory Hill Park, a 185-acre wooded park in northeast Iowa City, through the rain to see if they can find Arthur Miller, a 66-year-old political science professor who was last heard from Tuesday morning.

Police believe Miller has a high-powered rifle and intends to harm himself. There is no evidence he wants to harm others, police said, but the park is still closed and nearby residents have been warned not to linger in their yards.

Miller's cell phone, wallet and ammunition were found in his car, located outside the park Wednesday morning.

Miller's last known phone call was made around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday to a reporter at the Cedar Rapids Gazette newspaper, Sgt. Denise Brotherton said.

The Gazette reported Miller said the allegations against him and a U of I investigation of the case were part of a vendetta against him by Linda Maxson, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Miller told the Gazette he and Maxson had a running feud over the closure of an institute Miller founded.

Miller said the U of I ignored his 23 years of service in pursuing the investigation, the Gazette reported.

Miller is accused of soliciting sexual favors from four female students in exchange for better grades. He asked the women to expose their breasts and, in at least two cases, fondled the women's breasts. He has been charged with four counts of accepting bribes, a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
If this guy is found dead I hope he rots. You know what's pretty funny there are some rumors going around that he was planning to go on a shooting spree. Anyways I was by the wood park today when I went to pick up the groceries by the local store and my friend told me about this and told me to be careful, but there is quite a few new stations and police by the woods.

Last edited by latinolink (2008-08-21 08:52:27)