POLK COUNTY, Iowa On the 25th anniversary of his killing, family members of "Big Earl" Hamilton, best known as the namesake and owner of Polk County strip club Big Earl's Goldmine, said. They are included here for cross-reference purposes. Those charges were later dismissed. Homicide But when police got to the Holiday Inn to investigate the shooting, a car pulled into the parking lot driven by a man who said he and a female passenger had just been shot while driving to the hotel. Missing Since: September 22, 1986. About September 22, 1935. Missing Since: September 1, 1982. Pay on cases On Saturday, November 24, 1984 at about 12:30 p.m., an explosion occurred downstairs in the Davenport home where John Green, 3, and his 18-month-old brother Mark lived. Credit Island Race: Black On October 8, 1997 at approximately 3:15 p.m., Arlys Ponce was seen lying on the floor when her son peered through a window. Davenport, Iowa The Lyon County Sheriffs office hired a Scandinavian-based company using a new technique. Find ICC on Facebook Sidney Johnston disappeared from Davenport after an altercation at his home with a young man and woman. Murder of Henry Chavis 1948, A Story Yet to be Told: Murder of Sheila Jean Collins 1968, Dying For Drugs: Murder of Terry Vanden Hull 1974, The Czech Marble Cutter: Murder of Matej Straka 1878, Green Corn Dance Tragedy: Murder of Se-Ton-a-Qua 1897, Drinking Bout: Suspicious Death of John F. Brennan 1898, Trio of Thugs: Murder of Officer Rolland P. Smith 1901, The Belle of the Tribe: Murder of Ma-Sha-Che 1905, No Women Or Children Allowed: Murder of Winfield Scott Rouse 1929, Charred Remains: Murder of Jane Otis 1921, Blood in the Barn: Suspicious Death of John L. Rogers 1915, Dead in Bed: Murder of Thomas Tolbert 1877, Bright, Bold Blackmailer: Murder of Alice Kelley 1888, Foully Treated: Murder of Thomas McGary 1892, Murder Behind the Meat Market: David P. Sutton 1893, The Wabash Trestle: Murder of James Chamberlain 1893, Mistaken Identity: Murder of Peter Ross 1909 (body found), Letters in Russian: Murder of Ben Mikovitch: 1914, No Necking Here: Murder of Harry Overturf 1925, Forgotten and Unsolved: Murder of Melvin Royale Adams 1983, The Brave Girl: Murder of Augusta Kading 1877, The Frozen Body: Murder of James Edgar Ed Knotts 1895, The Redhead in the Strawstack: Murder of Jane Doe 1925, The Insane Tramp: Murder of Will Sargent 1897, A Bitter Taste: Murders of Alta Paul and Maria Dulin 1896, A Mother Never Forgotten: Murder of Angela Altman 1981, The Dead Horse Trader: Murder of William Clugston 1867, The Menial Drudge: Murder of Lovina Kneeskern 1876, Strictly Strychnine: Murder of John P. Stickles 1876, Boxcar Hanging: Murder of Leopold Glatzer 1895, Lilies of Soul-Less Sin: Murders of Max Noack and Ora Minter 1895, True Disciple of Pollyana: Murder of Thecla Gerken 1917, Hacked to Pieces: Murder of John McGill 1920, Chinese Tong Ritual: Murder of John Jack Fong 1924, Death at the Hardware Store: Murders of Harry Jones and William Laugesen 1925, Sisters Act: Suspicious Deaths of Josephine Goodwin and Elizabeth Anthony 1925, Slaughter of Innocents: Sioux City Babies 1925, Third Time, No Charm: Murder of Benjamin Barney Kaplan 1925, Stick Em Up, Louie: Murder of Louis Friedman 1930, In the Big Muddy: Murder of Sherman Casper 1935, Valentine Death: Murder of Catherine Decora 1965, The Fatal Glass of Beer: Murder of George Diggle 1888, 2 Avg. Case # 9710958 Iowa City businessman Edward Kriz was killed by a man in a Halloween mask while entering the Hamburg Inn No. He had been shot in the head. Josiah and Sarah Moore, their four children and two visiting girls were bludgeoned to death with an ax late June 12 or early June 13, 1912. He said other. Ackley Agency Albia Alton Altoona Amana Ames 22 YOA The gun used to kill Stump maybe in kensett Iowa now. Kennecke: Do you believe she killed Wilma?Birkey: I dont know who I believe killed Wilma, but I know there are several people who know who killed Wilma, or that were there and saw Wilma get killed. Raymond L. Little Raymond March Jr., 23, was shot and killed outside Wilmas Club in Davenport at 2 a.m. on Saturday, June 20, 1998. Davenport, IA On Saturday, December 14, 1974, Dorothy Rude returned to her Davenport home from an out-of-town trip and discovered her husband, John Gail Rude, dead in the basement. We hired them to go through our evidence, the rope, her clothing, and try to come up with as much DNA as they could. Case # 9603059 Iowa Cold Cases Williamsburg, Iowa All Rights Reserved, Home Walcott, Iowa The college soccer player's body eventually was foundnear Joplin, Missouri. Pierre H. Davis Scott County Find ICC on Facebook Scott County The KIMT television anchor, 27, disappeared in June 1995 in an apparent abduction at her apartment complex and has never been seen again. Judith Anne Haecker, an 18-year-old Palmer College student, was found dead in her Davenport, Iowa, home on Sunday, March 7, 1971. Eyes: Brown By the age of 23, Wilma had also given birth three times. (She was) Badly decomposed. Davenport, IA Cold Cases in Warren County, Iowa | Iowa Cold Cases Police said Kriz, 43, was shot to death during a. Yvonne Bonnie Nicholson 318 Western Ave. Disappeared from Davenport, Iowa, Sept. 29, 1983 When you try to think of some famous Iowa murders, you may not immediately think of many names. 200 blk of 8th St. SW Fort Dodge, Iowa Relatives suspected robbery as the motive. 1308-1/2 Main Street From Scott County Iowa County Krissi Atkisson was adopted by her mothers foster parents. June 20, 1973. September 12, 1980. ___________________________________________________________________________________, Statehood to Turn of the Century: Iowa Unsolved Murders 1846-1899, Early 20th Century through WWI: Iowa Unsolved Murders 1900-1917, Jazz Age, Great Depression: Iowa Unsolved Murders 1918 -1940, WWII to the Age of Aquarius: Iowa Unsolved Murders 1941-1965, Beyond 1965: Selected Unsolved Iowa Murders, Halloween Homicide: Murder of Walter Schenck 1902, Two Guns, Two Policies, One Woman: Murder of Henry Duffy 1897, The Baby in the Pasteboard Box: Murder of a Newborn Girl 1881, Ground Into a Hundred Pieces: Murder of Elmer Anderson 1897, Black Hand and the Coal Miner: Murder of Nicollo Vinceri 1920, The Big Swede: Murder of Carl Axel Deer 1925, Christmas Day Death on Mud Creek: Murder of Henry Stephens 1876, Teatotaling Klanswoman: Murder of Myrtle Cook 1925, A Vaudeville of Troubles: Murder of Deborah Simmons 1879, Very Maw of Death: Murder of Officer Fred P. Widmann 1908, Leave Town or Die: Murder of Richard Huggins 1914, Ancient Vendetta: Murder of Joseph Busemi 1915, Good Neighborhood Kid: Murder of Ronald Butler 1977, Death in the Rail Yard: Murder of Bill Dayton 1894, Giving Away Money: Murder of John Zauhar 1947, The Scarred Man: Murder of Arnold Sansgaard 1984, Explosion in the Night: Murder of William Meadows 1961, West of Coffins Grove: Unresolved Murder of J.N. She was married a bunch of times and I think she was just trying to get the love she never got, growing up, Krissi Atkisson said. 100 block of West 55th St. 16 YOA Lyon County received federal funds to investigate whether Robert Ben Rhoades murdered Wilma. John VanGammeren, now 94-years-old, was arrested in August 2009 and charged with six counts of perjury for lying to investigators about transporting strippers and prostitutes from Sioux Falls to his northwest Iowa home. Race: White Covey 1856, Down in the Dark: Murder of Officer Pitt M. Doxsie 1897, Struck Down: Murder of Frank Sandquist 1904, The Clue in the Dress Pattern: Murder of Fred Quade 1897, The Boy on the Train: Murder of Addis Lyman 1905, Two Coffins: Death of Mary and Murder of Eli T. Coffin 1873, Thrown Away: Murder of Sandra Jo Pittman 1980, Thin Veil Over Her Face: Murder of Chester N. Van Horn 1914, Burning Murder? A few of the most infamous Iowa murders which remain unsolved to this day include the 2011 murder of Ashley Okland, the 2012 double murder of cousins Lyric Cook-Morrissey and Elizabeth Collins, the 1962 murder of Edward Kriz, and the 1992 murder of Rhonda Knutson, among many other Iowa famous murders which are either solved or are continuing to be investigated by law enforcement. Webster County Squaw Township 2005 2023 Murder of George Shackell 1929, Staged Scene: Murder of Charles Shamblen 1936, A Slendid Gentleman, A Good Scholar: Murder of Price V. Evans, Death of the Photographers Daughter: Murder of Clara Gray 1898, Knockout Drugs: Murder of Harry Salisbury 1904, Lumberyard Tramps: Murder of Officer Jacob Neibert 1896, Sensational and Cold-Blooded Affair: Murder of Arthur Mead 1903, Poisoned and Outraged: Murder of Maud Straw 1896, After the Merry-Go-Round: Murder of Alta Marie Braun 1917, The Peaceable Negro: Murder of John Allen 1864, Flesh and Blood: Murder of Aaron Smith 1864, Death Going West: Apple Grove John Doe 1866, The Veteran Who Lived Alone: Murder of Henry J. Millard 1874, Death Comes to the Mayor: Murder of Robert W. Stubbs 1882, Violent Excitement: Murder of Robert Lee Clingan 1883, The Cooler: Suspicious Death of David T. Todd 1887, The One-Armed Man: Murder of William A. Her body clothed in a sweatshirt, shorts and socks lay partially submerged in Mississippi River backwater near Credit Island about 75 feet from the road. At the age of 17, Atkisson began looking for her biological parents. Steven M. Babka An average of 240 cases per day were reported in Iowa in the last week. Case # 61-00355 June 20, 1998. November 12, 2001. Free access to public case information Anyone with Internet access can view the public docket. About 47 YOA Rhonda Knutson, 22, was beaten to death while working at a Phillips 66 station in Chickasaw County. August 19, 1979. She struck her head on the concrete steps and later died of a skull fracture and internal injuries. Martha Kistenmacher, 74, died Thursday, Nov. 16, 1978, nearly two weeks after being mugged outside her Davenport home on Saturday, Nov. 4, 1978. Missing From: Marengo, Iowa County Another Iowa cold case involves Sandra S. Vanderhoef, 42, a Native woman who was reported missing to the Webster County Sheriff's Department on Sept. 22, 1986. Davenport, IA All Rights Reserved, Home To have a Jane Doe found in the middle of nowhere who is not even from around here, where do you even start? Birkey said. January 22, 1994. Suspicious Death Gregory Greg Dunbar Hunt 1893, The Well Digger: Murder of Peter Hendrickson 1895, Picture Imperfect: Suspicious Death of Oliver Pearson 1896, Below the Melan Arch Bridge: Murder of Baby John Doe 1898, All Round Crook: Murder of Joplin Red West 1900, The Christmas Eve Brawl: Murder of Charles Johnson 1901, After Church: Murders of Lena and Tommy Peterson 1902, Acting Oddly: Murder of Daniel Kelleher 1904, Double Identity: Murder of George Griswold 1905, Taking the Waters: Murder of Frank Callahan 1905, Mistaken Identity: Murder of Peter Ross 1909, Dead From a Wallop: Murder of John Schnellbacker (Schnellbcher) 1913, Butcher, Baker: Murder of Otto H. Samp 1916, Black Hand At the Bridge: Murder of Francis Frank Oliverio 1917, At Closing Time: Murder of Officer George W. Mattern 1918, Alleyway Robbery: Murder of Carlisle Hunter 1919, The Gardener and The Black Hand: Murder of Dominic Sposeto 1919, Skull By the River: Murder of Jane Doe 1920, Strangled With His Own Necktie: Murder of David Faulkner 1920, All Souls Day: Murders of Sister Mary Virginis and Sister Mary Rosalita 1921, Fear of the Dread Black Hand: Murder of Domenico Baretto 1921, Deadly Taxi Party: Murder of Thaddeus Mitchell 1922, The King of Little Italy: Murder of Angelo Ferrari 1922, Myself, Meadow, Hawk: Murder of Evelyn Lee 1930, Last Day of Work: Murder of Floyd Alloway 1937, After A Game of Bridge: Murder of Anne M. McGrevey 1948, The Defective Shotgun: Murders of Claud and Anna Miller 1949, Cab in the Snow-Filled Ditch: Murder of Leon Groves 1951, Under the Court Avenue Bridge: Murder of Charles Sanders 1954, On the Front Porch: Murder of Rose Grandanette 1958, Nearly Home: Murder of Anna Marie Medici 1962, Cold-Blooded Sadistic Type: Murder of Ramona Jean Cox 1962, Cold Night Out: Murder of Donald Nervig 1965, A Real Nice Girl: Murder of Janice Snow 1965, Death at the Chamberlain: Murder of Judy Ann Corbin 1967, The Neighborhood Grocer: Murder of David R. Morris 1973, Gunfire At the Holiday Inn: Murders of Danny Peters and Luis Trujillo, Jr. 1974, The Wrong Man: Murder of Joseph Hair 1888, Coldblooded Desperado: Murder of Officer George W. Wilson 1907, Neither Rain, Nor Snow, Nor Death: Murder of Walter Baldwin 1921, In the Garage: Murder of Henry Christensen 1941, Taxi Ride to Death: Murder of George Massouris 1950, Heaven is My Home: Murder of Gloria Slump 1967, Highwaymen: Murders of Andrew and Nancy Casteel 1856, A Spoonful of Medicine Makes the Poison Go Down: Murder of Sarah Kirker 1897, The Battered Corpse: Murder of John Doe 1858, Too Long at the Fair: Murder of Robert McQuestian 1873, Assassination: Murders of Lizzie and Andrew Brownlie 1874, Labor Day Excursion: Murder of Alexander McArthur 1899, Delirium Tremens: Suspicious Death of Sam Anderson 1901, The Beckoning Hand: Murder of Alma Harrison 1905, The Gentle Man: The Murder of Charles Englehart 1935, The Tattooed Lady: Murder of Margaret Treese 1947, Maniac in the Drugstore: Murder of Lucille Bacher 1955, A Daughters Quest for Justice: Murder of Clarence Raymond Case 1961, Dark Byway: Murder of Marshal Joseph Kashmetter (Kaeshmetter, Kashmitter) 1911, The Secret Diary: Murder of Fred Hollingsworth 1933, Who Killed the Corn Canning Czar? Frank Searway Scott County Alfred W. Allen, 73, was killed in his Davenport, Iowa apartment by a severe blow to the head on Monday, Feb. 8, 1988. June 7, 2017. 70 YOA Cedar Rapids police say their cold case unit has closed the unsolved murder of a 17-year-old 50 years ago. South Concord St. 17 YOA He talked to KELOLAND News about his grisly discovery in 2006. 5700 blk of North Pine St. A site providing various victim case summaries, users can search by name, city, county, the year the crime happened and decade. It feels like theyre so closejust one little thing could solve this. DuJor S. Simpson Iowa County Went Missing: October 18, 1971 Tammy Zywicki, 21, a Grinnell College senior, was driving back to school after dropping her brother off at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, when she disappeared on Aug. 23, 1992. That was a shock. Kevin R. Jack, a pit crew member of the Andy Cook stock car racing team, died in a hit-and-run motor vehicle fatality in Davenport, Iowa, on Saturday, June 15, 2002. Though many questions remain, Meyers said cold cases in Iowa are reviewed annually. Weight: 240 lbs. Homicide Alexander Torres Sauceda 23 YOA Scott County Osky's 1972 cold case lingers | Local News | oskaloosa.com 53 Friday, April 28, 2023 E-Paper Osky's Paula Falconer receives state recognitio Pella's Lauman takes late lead to win Drake Relays 3200 Nelson Pioneer preps for season opening Area athletes ready to compete at Drake Relays Osky's 1972 cold case lingers As the years pass, now adding up to 43 the case gets colder. Gary Lee Harker, 30 YOA If youre fascinated about the information surrounding the number of murders in Iowa by year, several law enforcement agencies websites provide reports and statistics. From Des Moines, IA Not much happens along these rural roads in Lyon County, Iowa. Chicago weather: 'Chilly, cloudy and breezy' Monday to start May Scott County A motel housekeeper discovered the bodies about 1 p.m. on Saturday when the occupants missed the noon checkout deadline. Contact Us. 1512 Belle Avenue He was rumored to keep a small fortune in cash, being widely known to distrust banks. Fort Dodge, IA Nissen was the Jane Doe, found murdered in a ditch in Northwest Iowa in 1978. February 8, 1988. Bambi Lynn Dick 6 days old Rhoades had been living in Sioux Falls in 1978. If you want to plan the perfect spring picnic, food and drink are important, but its certainly not the only factor to consider. COLD CASES: Iowa woman is seeking answers for the forgotten SIOUX FALLS, S.D. Cody Jones and Gary Harker disappeared on Christmas 1979. October 8, 1997. Wendel Clark February 16, 1961. February 17, 1969. Please see individual case pages for more specific information regarding the investigating agency or agencies. William Freimuth, a 71-year-old Fort Dodge gasstation attendant, was shot in the back of the head around 9 p.m. on Thursday, February 16, 1961, by an assailantwho took $140 from the cash register. Assaulted: November 4, 1978 Several possible suspects have been identified over the years, but none has ever been charged. Homicide December 19, 2018, on the 39th anniversary of the murder of 18-year-old Michelle Martinko of Cedar Rapids, police announced they made an arrest. Homicide 62 YOA Frankie Lee Capps, a 24-year-old partner in the Capps Brothers Hawkeye Standard Service Station in Davenport, Iowa, was killed in his Davenport home by a shotgun blast to the forehead early on Monday, March 13, 1978. Scott County Medical Examiner Dr. Rollin Perkins determined the teen had been hit in the head with a blunt object and then strangled with enough force to break a small bone in her throat. Homicide Homicide Scott County 1300 block of Warren St. Age At Report: 46 Peck 1931, The Aspiring Actress: Murder of Marlene Padfield 1959, Death in a Cubicle: Murder of Fred Coste 1959, Destination Unknown: Murder of Geraldine Maggert 1968, Foul Play: Murder of Paula Oberbroeckling 1970, Furiously Angry: Murder of Wesley Wilson 1894, Stingiest Man In Town: Murder of Edward Schmidt 1972, Hired Killer: Murder of Mary Ann Green 1987, None But a Frenzied Woman: Murder of Anna Wiese 1893, The Tramp at Breakfast: Murder of Andrew Hart 1896, Mangled Bodies: Murders of Jack Wilson and Con Matthews 1899, A Woman and Her Dog: Murder of Maude Stubbs Lambert 1902, The Dead Bulgarian: Murder of Welio Tsnoff 1910, Family Annihilation: Murders of James, Earl, and Mary Hardy 1910, The Apron in the Shack: Murder of Erma (Irma) Caldwell 1924, Lonely Hearts Scam and the Veteran: Michael Featherstone 1924, Walking Corpse: Suspicious Death of Nancy Duncan 1880, Never Three Without Four?
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