Warren County in Iowa
Karla Jean Hartkemeyer
35 YOA
Case # 96-03059
Rural Warren County
October 27, 1995
Karla Jean Hartkemeyer, 35, was last seen on Friday, October 27, 1995. On November 15, 1995, her brother reported her missing.
On Tuesday, March 12, 1996, two Des Moines hunters looking for deer antlers stumbled across her skeletal remains in a wooded area in northern Warren County near the North River. Hartkemeyer’s purse — still containing her social security card — lay nearby.
An autopsy concluded the young woman died of head injuries.
When the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) established a Cold Case Unit in late 2009, Karla Hartkemeyer’s murder was one of approximately 150 cases listed on the Cold Case Unit’s new website as those the DCI hoped to solve using latest advancements in DNA technology.
Although the Cold Case Unit closed down in December 2011 due to lack of funding, the DCI continues to investigate the cases where progress was being made. They also follow up on any new leads provided in these cases.
Karla Jean Hartkemeyer was born June 25, 1960.
If you have any information about Karla Hartkemeyer’s unsolved murder, please contact the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation at (515) 725-6010, e-mail dciinfo@dps.state.ia.us, or send your information to Iowa Cold Cases via our Contact form.
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