George Geary

George H. Geary

Homicide

George H. Geary
40 YOA
Keosauqua Way and Crocker St.
Des Moines, IA
Polk County
Des Moines PD Case Number: 1963-601
DCI Case Number: 6300218
January 13, 1963

Case Summary by Jody Ewing

Polk County in Iowa

Des Moines in Polk County

About 1:30 a.m. Sunday, January 13, 1963, 40-year-old George Geary was killed during a robbery at M & H service station at Keosauqua Way and Crocker Steet in Des Moines.

Geary, who had worked at the station for only a week, was found in the attendant’s cubicle by two young men who stopped for cigarettes. He was shot twice in the head.

Station Manager Al Van Ampting reported $252.15 missing from the cash register.

Questions and information about the unsolved 1963 murder of George Geary should be directed to  the Des Moines Police Department at 515-283-4864, or Iowa Cold Cases through the Contact form.

Sources

• “2 questioned in slaying,” Mason City Globe-Gazette, January 14, 1963.
• Des Moines Register, July 11, 1967.
• “Question Two Men in Connection With Slaying,” Estherville Daily News, January 14, 1963.