Clinton in Clinton County, IA
Clinton County in Iowa
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.
Homicide:
Louis Dale Reed, Sr.
53 YOA
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:
Pam Hinrichs
Case # 8100259
19 YOA
AMVETS Post No. 28
Clinton, IA (Clinton County)
January 12, 1981
Pam Hinrichs, 19, was shot during an apparent robbery of AMVETS Post No. 28 at 1317 S. 17th St. in Clinton on January 12 or early January 13, 1981. The cash register and a safe were emptied. There were no substantial leads, suspects, or witnesses.
Homicide:
George Leonard
53 YOA
Case # 8106936
The Inn
902 S. 14th Street
Clinton, Iowa (Clinton County)
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
Case # 8205190
419 1/2 14th Avenue S.
Clinton, Iowa (Clinton County)
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.
If you have any information about any of these cases, please contact the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation at (515) 725-6010 or e-mail dciinfo@dps.state.ia.us.
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