Willie Junior Brocks

Homicide

Willie Junior Brocks
49 YOA
400 block of 15th St. SE
Cedar Rapids, IA
Linn County
November 27, 1999

Case summary by Jody Ewing

About 7:15 a.m. on Saturday, November 27, 1999, 49-year-old Willie Junior Brocks was found in front of a home in the 400 block of 15th St. SE in Cedar Rapids. He had been shot in the head.

Linn County in Iowa
Cedar Rapids in Linn County

Brocks resided at 702 L St. SW in Cedar Rapids, and according to Brenna Griffith, the mother of six of his children, Brocks had friends and relatives in southeast Cedar Rapids and it wouldn’t have been unusual for him to be there. Brocks and Griffith were together from 1977 to 1994, and though they did not marry, she said he regularly saw his children, ages 6 to 20 (Cedar Rapids Gazette, Nov. 29, 1999).

In addition to his children with Griffith, Brocks had two other children.

According to the Gazette, Brocks had a criminal past — including a 1991 arrest for selling crack cocaine to an undercover police officer — but Griffith said she didn’t believe he’d recently been in trouble with the law.

If you have any information about this case, please contact the Cedar Rapids Police Department at (319) 286-5400.

Sources:

“JonBenet arrest fills East Iowans with new hope,” Cedar Rapids Gazette, Aug. 19, 2006
“Cold Cases: Technology, tips help clear old homicides, but time takes toll on investigations,” Cedar Rapids Gazette, Sept. 21, 2003
“Investigations continue into unsolved C.R. murders,” Cedar Rapids Gazette, Dec. 16, 1999
“Slaying Remains a Mystery,” Cedar Rapids Gazette, Nov. 29, 1999
“Tragedy illustrates area’s struggles,” Cedar Rapids Gazette, Nov. 28, 1999
“Man shot to death,” Cedar Rapids Gazette, Nov. 28, 1999

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