Darrell Lewis, Sr. (Photo courtesy Des Moines Register)
Des Moines in Polk CountyDarrell R. Lewis Sr., 39, was found shot to death in Des Moines, Iowa, around 12:40 a.m. on Sunday morning, December 24, 1995.
Police said Lewis — who had a lengthy police record — was found between two parked cars in the 2100 block of Carpenter Avenue on the city’s northwest side.
Lewis was found clutching two small bags of a substance, which police said proved to be crack cocaine.
In a Des Moines Register article dated Christmas Day 1995, Lewis’ mother, Rosa Lee Brown, said her son had been living at home with her and that she’d spoken to him around midnight, just 40 minutes before his body was found. He’d sounded lonely, she said.
“I said ‘Come on home, sugar,'” Brown told Register reporter Michael McNarney. “That’s the last I heard of him.”
Lewis’ murder remains one of many unsolved Des Moines homicides.
Darrell Romain Lewis Sr. was born August 31, 1956.
He attended Moulton Elementary and Washington Irving Junior High in Des Moines and earned his GED at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids.
Courtesy photo Katie Lou, findagrave.com
A certified cook and former roofer, Lewis also had worked at the Pitt-Des Moines Steel Company and the Younker’s warehouse.
In addition to his mother, survivors included two children, one grandchild, and four siblings.
Burial was in Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines.
If you have any information about Darrell Lewis’ unsolved murder please contact the Des Moines Police Department at 515-283-4864.
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