The first week in March brought the sad death anniversaries of five Iowans, two of them children and one a teenager.

Steven Fisher

March 3, 1983, 20-year-old Steven Joseph Fisher and his 17-year-old girlfriend Melisa Lynn Gregory were found beaten to death at the Copper Dollar Ranch, a Quarter Horse and Appaloosa operation northwest of Newton, Iowa, in Jasper County.

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Melisa Gregory

On March 6, 1965, sisters Sherry Lee Martin, (8) and Victoria Linn Martin (4) died in a deliberately set fire at the Dubuque, Iowa, home of their parents, Janet and Donald Martin.
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Gloria Faye Slump

On March 6, 1967, the beaten and stabbed body of 24-year-old Gloria Faye Slump was found by Burlington Railroad employees under a trestle over Pony Creek three miles south of Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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Dale Redman

On March 6, 1968, Dale Redman, 60, was found dead at his La Porte City, Iowa, dairy operation. He was shot in the head eight times and robbed of his billfold.
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Please take time to remember the lives of these Iowans who were so violently taken from their families and friends. And if you have any information about these homicides, contact iowacoldcases.org or the Iowa DCI Cold Case Unit.