Clarence in Cedar County

Cedar County in Iowa

Cold Cases in Clarence, Iowa

Sandra Jo Pittman

Homicide:
Sandra Jo Pittman
17 YOA
Highway 30 Rest Area
Clarence, IA (Cedar County)
September 17, 1980

At 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 17, 1980, 17-year-old Sandra Jo Pittman’s body was found at a Highway 30 rest area one mile east of Clarence in Cedar County. The teen died from a blow to the head with a pipe or tire iron sometime between midnight and 7:00 that morning. Investigators believed she was killed elsewhere and dumped at the rest area.