Story County in Iowa

Ames in Story County

James Wesley Morris

Homicide

James W. “Jimmy” Morris
(a.k.a. “Jimmy Morise”)
58 YOA
203 E. Lincoln Way
Ames, IA
Story County
October 27, 1991

By Nancy Bowers

Four days before Halloween in 1991, James Wesley “Jimmy” Morris — a.k.a. James Morise and Jimmy Morise — was found beaten to death in his bedroom on the second floor at 203 E. Lincoln Way next door to the Tip Top Lounge in Ames.

Photo Neal Bowers

Jimmy Morris was murdered on the second floor of this house at 203 E. Lincoln Way in Ames.

Morris was born November 16, 1932 and lived in Peoria, Illinois, before moving to Ames.

Questions and information about the unsolved 1991 murder of James Morris should be directed to the Crime Tip Line of the Ames Police Department at 515-239-5533 or to Iowa Cold Cases through the Contact form.