Effie Corelis Bell
Forty-four years ago today, the remains of Effie Corelis Bell — known as “Cupie” to her friends — were discovered at the Madrid, Iowa, city dump. She had been missing since March 18, 1966.
Click here to read an account of Effie’s life and her puzzling death written by Iowa Cold Cases Co-Administrator Jody Ewing.
If you have any information concerning the perplexing, unsolved murder of Effie Bell, please contact the Boone County Sheriff’s Office at 515-433-0524 or the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office at 515-993-4771. Information can also be left on-line with the Iowa DCI Cold Case Unit.
Today we remember two victims murdered on March 9. Their cases have long gone cold, but they are not forgotten by family and friends.
On March 9, 1965, Myrtle Zelda Cumpston, 60, was shot and killed at C & K Aqualand, Incorporated, her co-owned wholesale tropical fish aquarium business in rural Dallas County near Redfield, Iowa. She was murdered for 50 dollars. Myrtle was the mother of three children and the wife of Charles Cumpston.
On March 9, 1972, the body of Tommy Morris was found in the 1800 block of Des Moines Street in Des Moines, Iowa.
Murder cases are not closed until someone is tried and convicted. If you have any information that could help solve these cases, please click here to send your information to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation or leave your information at iowacoldcases.org.
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