Monday, May 16, 1966 seemed an ordinary day at the beginning of another work week for 30-year-old Ronald F. Lipsius. At 8:30 a.m., he opened his grocery, the Clover Farm Food Market at 812 South Summit Street in Iowa City, Iowa. He put 50 dollars in the cash register, got ready to cut meat and assist customers, and waited for his clerk to arrive at 9:00.

Ronald Lipsius's Clover Farm Food Market at 812 South Summit Street in Iowa City, Iowa

But, this was not to be an ordinary day. Not long after it started, Ronald lay dead in a yard a block away—shot while trying to prevent a robbery even though he always told his clerks to hand over the money and not resist.

Even more extraordinary was that the robber was a young woman, a statistical rarity. Although there were two men waiting for her in a car, she went alone into the store, threatened Lipsius with a .22 caliber pistol, took the 50 dollars, fled, and shot him when he pursued.

What is truly sad—but unfortunately not extraordinary in the annals of robbery/murders—is the very small amount of money that this woman killed for.

She not only took the life of Ronald Lipsius, she also changed forever the lives of his three small children and pregnant wife.

It is not too late for justice. If you have information about the unsolved murder of Ronald F. Lipsius, contact the Iowa City Police Department.