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Rising golf star Celia Barquin Arozamena found dead on Iowa golf course

AMES, Iowa — An up-and-coming golfer has been found dead, her body discovered on a golf course in Iowa.

Police found Celia Barquin Arozamena's body was found Monday night at Coldwater Links golf course in Ames, Iowa, according to media reports.

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The discovery of Barquin Arozamena's body came after golfers found a golf bag on the course earlier that morning, but no one was around it, media reported.

Police said Barquin Arozamena was found "some distance away" and had been assaulted, KCCI reported.

But police did not say exactly how she died, KCCI reported.

Police arrested Collin Richards Monday night and charged him with first-degree murder in connection to her death,

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This booking photo provided by the Story County Jail shows Collin Daniel Richards. Richards has been charged in the killing of Celia Barquin Arozamena, a former champion golfer from Spain, after her body was found at a golf course in Ames, Iowa. 

Barquin Arozamena was the 2018 Big 12 champion and was named

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She was a senior at Iowa State and was from Puente San Miguel, Spain, according to her Iowa State biography.

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She will be honored at Saturday's Iowa State football game. Her funeral arrangements have not been released yet.

Barquin Arozamena had qualified for the U.S. Women's Open this summer. The Alabama event was a LPGA Tour major. She didn't advance past the first two rounds, media reported.

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