Dorothy Rose
Dorothy Jenine Rose
43 YOA
206 12th St. SE
Cedar Rapids, IA
Linn County
November 25, 2006
Dorothy Jenine Rose, 43, was found dead in her 206 12th St. SE Cedar Rapids, Iowa apartment on Tuesday night, November 28, 2006.
The building’s landlord — who’d gone to check on Rose — discovered her body and called police.
Linn County in Iowa
Inside the apartment, investigators found a decomposing adult female body, an electrical cord still wrapped around her neck. The body was identified as that of 43-year-old Rose.
Linn County Medical Examiner Donald Linder ruled the death a homicide by strangulation. According to police, Rose had been dead three to four days.
In a KCRG Channel 9 story airing November 29, 2006, neighbors said most days Rose could be found sitting on her porch. Neighbor Vicky Thompson, who believed she was one of the last people to see Rose alive, said she’d seen Rose take her bike out of her apartment and head to Handimart.
“She pretty much stayed home and minded her own business,” Thompson told KCRG. “She was a really nice lady. She really was.”
Police removed Rose’s bicycle, along with boxes of evidence, from Rose’s apartment, and went door-to-door interviewing neighbors. Thompson was called in for a second interview to answer questions regarding one individual.
Lt. Chuck Mincks confirmed officials had one person of interest but were investigating several leads.
Police picked up Rose’s former live-in boyfriend, Ronald Perkins, 46, for allegedly violating a no-contact order in October by contacting Rose, although he was not charged in her death. Rose sought the court order after Perkins allegedly assaulted her twice.
Neither Perkins nor anyone else has ever been charged with Rose’s murder.
Dorothy was born December 21, 1962, in Osceola, Iowa. She had worked at the Wendy’s Restaurant on First Avenue in Cedar Rapids for eight years.
Survivors included her sons, Ed Deason and Paul Deason, both of Cedar Rapids; her cats, Ashley, Cupcake, Snuggle, and Ivy; and other loving family members.
Memorial services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, December 4, 2006, at Marion Christian Church in Marion with the Rev. Robert Kunz officiating. Arrangements were by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion.
Cedar Rapids Police ask that anyone with information about Dorothy Rose’s unsolved homicide contact them at 319-286-5400. You may also send information to Iowa Cold Cases via our Contact form.
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