Darrell R. Lewis
Darrell Romain Lewis
39 YOA
2100 block Carpenter Avenue
Des Moines, IA
Polk County
Case # 1995-58887
December 24, 1995
At 12:40 a.m. on Sunday, December 24, 1995 — the day before Christmas — 39-year-old Darrell R. Lewis was found shot to death in the 2100 block of Carpenter Avenue on the northwest side of Des Moines.
Police said Lewis — who had a lengthy police record — was lying between two parked cars. He was clutching two bags of a substance which Des Moines Police said was crack cocaine. On his chest was a small bag of cocaine in powder form.
His mother, Rosa Lee Brown, said she talked to him about midnight, 40 minutes before he was found.
She told the Des Moines Register:
“He sounded a little lonely, and I said, ‘Come on home, sugar.’ That’s the last I heard of him. I guess the Bible’s right: God giveth and God taketh away, but he didn’t need to take him so soon.”
Darrell Romain Lewis was born August 31, 1956. He made his home with his mother.
He attended Moulton Elementary and Washington Irving Junior High in Des Moines and earned his GED at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids.
Although he was unemployed at the time of his death, Lewis had worked at the Younkers warehouse, Pitt-Des Moines Steel Company, and as a roofer. He was also certified as a cook.
Darrell Lewis was survived by his mother, four siblings, two children, and one grandchild.
Questions and information about the unsolved 1995 murder of Darrell R. Lewis should be directed to the Des Moines Police Department at 515-283-4864 or Iowa Cold Cases through the Contact form.
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