Ames in Story County
Story County in Iowa
Sheila Collins
Homicide:
Sheila Jean Collins
18 YOA
Case # 68-00287
ISU Student
Last seen in Ames, IA
Body found near Colo, IA
Story County
January 26, 1968
On Friday, January 26, 1968, 18-year-old ISU coed Sheila Jean Collins accepted a ride to her hometown from a stranger who obtained her name from an ISU Memorial Union ride-board. Her body was found January 28 in a ditch along a gravel road between Nevada and Colo. She had been struck on the head and strangled.
Ronald E. Westwick
Missing Person
Ronald E. Westwick
34 YOA
Missing from Ames, IA
Story County
March 9, 1979
Ronald E. Westwick, 34, was reported missing from Ames, Iowa, on March 8, 1979.
Homicide
James “Jimmy” Morris
a.k.a. “Jimmy Morise”
58 YOA
203 E. Lincoln Way
Ames, IA
Story County
October 27, 1991
Four days before Halloween in 1991, James “Jimmy” Morris was found beaten to death in his bedroom at 203 E. Lincoln Way in Ames.
Aaron Marr
Homicide
Aaron Marr
37 YOA
210 S. Second St.
Ames, IA
Story County
September 22, 2007
At 9:53 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007, the Ames Police Department took a call for an ambulance assist at 210 S. Second St., about a man who had a neck laceration. When officers got there, they found Aaron Marr suffering from several stab wounds to his neck and back. He had enough time to tell the first responders that he knew who had attacked him, but he wasn’t going to tell. He was transported to Mary Greeley Medical Center but died on the way, his chance to name his murderer gone forever.
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