Cerro Gordo County in Iowa

Mason City in
Cerro Gordo County

Charles Pat “Leroy” Hines

Homicide

Charles Hines
45 YOA
11 S. Delaware Ave.
Mason City, IA
Cerro Gordo County
August 2, 1975

Charles Hines, 45, was found on the sidewalk outside the Delaware Tap, 11 S. Delaware Ave., Mason City, at 2:45 a.m. on August 2, 1975.

Investigators were checking out the report of a fight involving Hines when they found his body, and believe he died after an assault.

More information coming soon.

Sources:

• “More North Iowa cold cases,” Mason City Globe Gazette, June 27, 2010
• “Seven other murders within the last 40 years remain unsolved in Mason City,” Mason City Globe Gazette, Dec. 8, 2002