Clinton in Clinton County, IA
Clinton County in Iowa
Lillian Chapman: 1880-1950
Homicide:
Lillian A. “Lillie” Chapman
70 YOA
518 12th Avenue S.
Clinton, IA (Clinton County)
May 30, 1950
Seventy-year-old Lillian Chapman was raped, beaten, and strangled with her own scarf in the early morning hours of Memorial Day 1950 at 518 12th Avenue S. in Clinton.
Edwin H. Jacobs: 1916-1972
Homicide:
Edwin H. Jacobs
55 YOA
Ike’s Peak
Clinton, IA (Clinton County)
January 2, 1972
The body of 55-year-old Edwin Jacobs was found in a wooded area known as “Ike’s Peak” in Clinton on January 2, 1972. He was shot to death with a .22 caliber weapon.
Louis Reed: 1920-1974
Homicide:
Louis Dale Reed, Sr.
53 YOA
814 Roosevelt St.
Clinton, IA (Clinton County)
February 14, 1974
On Thursday, Valentine’s Day 1974, Louis Dale Reed, Sr., was killed by a 410 shotgun blast to the chest inside a building at the salvage yard he operated on Clinton’s south side. He also had a shotgun wound to his left arm.
Homicide:
Unidentified Body
Description: Black female, 12 – 23 years of age, 5’2″ to 5’4″, 100 to 120 lbs., average build, black hair.
Details: Body found 04/11/75, in river in Clinton County. Victim was approximately 10 weeks pregnant.
Clothing: None
Jewelry: None
Cause of Death: Gunshot Wound. Death occurred sometime in early 1975.
Agency: Clinton County Sheriff’s Office 319-242-9311
Pamela Hinrichs
Homicide:
Pamela Hinrichs
19 YOA
Amvests Post No. 28
1317 S. 17th St.
Clinton, IA (Clinton County)
Case # 81-00259
January 12, 1981
On January 12, 1981, Pamela “Pam” Hinrichs, 19, was shot during a robbery of Amvets Post No. 28 at 1317 S. 17th St. in Clinton, where she was Assistant Manager. The cash register and a safe were emptied. There were no substantial leads, suspects, or witnesses.
Homicide:
George Leonard
53 YOA
The Inn
902 S. 14th Street
Clinton, Iowa Clinton County)
Case # 81-06936
November 28, 1981
George Leonard was shot while bartending at the Inn Tavern in Clinton on the morning of November 28, 1981.
Robert Clary
Homicide:
Robert M. Clary
48 YOA
419 1/2 14th Avenue S.
Clinton, Iowa (Clinton County)
Case # 82-05190
September 29, 1982
On September 29, 1982, Robert Clary was found dead on the floor of his mobile home with a gunshot wound to the chest.
Josh Yoder
Hit-and-Run Homicide:
Josh Yoder
4 YOA
500 Block of South 9th Street
Clinton, IA (Clinton County)
May 3, 2005
The Clinton Police Department is renewing its appeal for information on the hit-and-run death of Josh Yoder. Josh Yoder, age 4 was killed on May 3, 2005, when a hit and run driver struck him in the 500 block of South 9th Street in Clinton, Iowa. The Clinton Police Department is seeking information leading to the identification of the driver, or the offending vehicle, involved in the incident.
Benjamin Roseland
Missing Person:
Benjamin M. Roseland
Age at Report: 19
DOB: November 24, 1988
Weight: 175 lbs.
Height: 5′ 11″
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Missing From: Clinton, IA (Clinton County)
Missing Since: February 9, 2008
Around 10:30 p.m. on February 9, 2008, Ben Roseland left a friend’s house in the 400 block of 10th Avenue South, Clinton, Iowa, to walk a few blocks to a Hy-Vee grocery store located in the 900 block of South 4th Street. He never made it to the store.
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