Cold Cases in Davenport, Iowa

 

 

 

 

Homicide
Alexander McArthur
22 YOA
West of train Station
Davenport, IA
Scott County
September 5, 1899

Cedar Rapids resident Alexander McArthur, 22, was pushed from a passenger train into the path of a freight train just west of the Davenport station on September 5, 1899 as he was returning from a Labor Day spree. The motive appeared to be robbery.

 

Homicide
Charles Englehart
70 YOA
700 block of Main Street
Davenport, IA
Scott County
September 23, 1935

Charles Englehart was struck in the head with a blunt object by an unknown assailant on Sunday evening, September 23, 1935, as the 70-year-old Englehart got out of his parked vehicle in a Davenport alley.

 

Homicide
Margaret Treese
“The Tattooed Lady”
34 YOA
Credit Island, Davenport
Scott County
September 30, 1947

On Tuesday morning, September 30, 1947, two men on their way to work at Credit Island Park in southwest Davenport discovered the body of 34-year-old Margaret Treese. She lay in tall grass 30 feet off the entrance road to the park and had been beaten, stabbed 19 times, and run over repeatedly with a car.

 

Homicide
Lucille Bacher
43 YOA
Lincoln Avenue Pharmacy
Davenport, IA
Scott County
November 29, 1955

On Tuesday, November 29, 1955, Lucille Bacher and her husband Henry were attacked inside the Lincoln Avenue Pharmacy they owned and operated in Davenport. Lucille, 43, was struck with a hammer or hatchet and her throat was slashed.

 

Homicide
Clarence Raymond “Ray” Case
62 YOA
Ray and Edith’s Travel Inn
1646 W. Locust Avenue
Davenport, IA
Scott County
Case # 1961-00273
February 16, 1961

Clarence “Ray” Case was found bludgeoned to death inside Ray and Edith’s Travel Inn at 1646 W. Locust Avenue in Davenport on February 16, 1961.

 

Homicide
Massie Pittman
36 YOA
621 N. Harrison
Davenport, IA
Scott County
February 17, 1969

Mrs. Massie Pittman, a Davenport tavern owner, was found slain in her home at 621 N. Harrison on February 17, 1969. Pittman was found in her bed with puncture wounds to her face, stomach and neck.

 

Homicide
Judith Haeker
18 YOA
202 East 15th St.
Davenport, IA
Scott County
Case No: 1971-10031
March 6, 1971

Judith Anne Haeker, an 18-year-old Palmer College student, was found dead in her Davenport home on Sunday, March 7, 1971. Scott County Medical Examiner Dr. Ronald Perkins determined the teen had been hit in the head with a blunt object and then strangled with enough force to break a small bone in her throat.

 

Homicide
Don Jeys
64 YOA
700 block of West 5th Street
Davenport, IA
Scott County
February 18, 1972

Late on Friday, February 18, 1972, Don Jeys was shot once in the head at close range with a .32 or .38 caliber handgun while in his Davenport apartment.

 

Homicide
John Gail Rude
51 YOA
2500 block of Madison
Davenport, IA
Scott County
December 11, 1974

On Saturday, December 14, 1974, Dorothy Rude returned to her Davenport home from an out-of-town trip and discovered her husband, John Gail Rude, dead in the basement. Rude had been shot with a small caliber weapon.

 

Homicide
Clara Schiele
90 YOA
1423 Main Street
Davenport, IA
Scott County
August 3, 1978

At 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 3, 1978, 90-year-old Clara E. Schiele was mugged and pushed down while climbing the front steps to her Davenport home. She struck her head on the concrete steps and later died of a skull fracture and internal injuries.

 

Homicide
Martha Kistenmacher
1300 block of Main Street
Davenport, IA
Scott County
November 2, 1978

Martha Kistenmacher was found dead in the 1300 block of Main Street in Davenport.

 

Homicide
Roger Warren
12 YOA
Mississippi River near Crescent Bridge
Davenport, IA
Scott County
August 19, 1979

Twelve-year-old Roger Warren was found in the Mississippi River near the Crescent Bridge in Davenport. He had been strangled.

 

Double Homicide
Cody James, 30 YOA
Gary Lee Harker, 30 YOA
Davenport, IA
April 24, 1980

Cody Jones and Gary Harker disappeared on Christmas 1979. Four months later their bodies were found under debris in the bed of James’ pickup truck purchased at a Davenport Police auto auction.

 

Missing Person:
Kimberly S. Doss
Age at Report: 16 YOA
Missing From: Davenport, IA
Scott County
Missing Since: September 1, 1982

Kimberly Doss was reported missing to the Davenport Police Department on September 1, 1982.

 

 

Homicide
Clifford Lewis
600 block of North Brady Street
Davenport, IA
Scott County
December 2, 1982

Clifford Lewis was found dead in the 600 block of North Brady Street in Davenport.

 

Homicide
Francisco Nagera
Outside the Stadium Club
822 W. 2nd St.
Davenport, IA
Scott County
Case #: 1983-21175
January 24, 1983

Francisco Nagera was shot outside the Stadium Club in Davenport on Monday, January 24, 1983. Nagera and his brother left the bar and quickly became involved in a struggle as two men tried to rob them. An undercover officer who witnessed the event got involved and Nagera was shot in the abdomen.

 

Homicide
Bambi Lynn Dick
17 YOA
Davenport, IA
Scott County
September 29, 1983 (disappeared)
Potter County, Texas
October 8, 1983 (Jane Doe found)
University of North Texas
March 26, 2009 (DNA match made)

Bambi Lynn Dick disappeared on September 29, 1983 after attending a Quiet Riot and Axe concert at Davenport’s Col Auditorium. On March 26, 2009, her remains were identified through a DNA match to a Jane Doe discovered in Amarillo, Texas, on October 8, 1983.

 

Homicide
Flint Hardy
22 YOA
1200 block of Marquette
Davenport, IA
Scott County
April 27, 1984

On early Friday morning, April 27, 1984, Flint Hardy was stabbed in the heart with a filet knife during an argument with 29-year-old  Marta Goodwin at Goodwin’s apartment located in the 1200 block of Marquette in Davenport.

 

Double Homicide
John R. Green, 3 YOA,
and Mark E. Green, 18 mos.
1512 Belle Avenue
Davenport, IA
Scott County
Case #: 1984-10311
November 24, 1984

On Saturday, November 24, 1984 at about 12:30 p.m., an explosion occurred downstairs in the home where John Green, 3, and his 18-month-old brother Mark lived. A police officer was overcome by smoke while trying to rescue the boys. John Green died at the scene, and Mark died the following day.

 

Homicide
Michael Anderson
200 block of Warren
Davenport, IA
November 30, 1987

Michael Anderson was found dead in the 200 block of Warren in Davenport.

 

Homicide
Alfred Allen
200 block of Warren
Davenport, IA
February 8, 1988

Alfred Allen was found dead in the 200 block of Warren in Davenport.

 

Missing Person
Ricardo Jerome Pimentel
Age At Report: 39
DOB: Oct. 19, 1950
Weight: 160 lbs.
Height: 5’10″
Race: White
Sex: Male
Incident Type: Endangered / physical
Missing From: Davenport, IA
Scott County
Missing Since: December 19, 1989

Ricardo Pimentel was reported missing to the Davenport Police Department in Davenport, Iowa, on December 19, 1989.

 

Missing Person, Presumed Deceased
Sidney Edward Johnston
Age at Report: 47
DOB: December 11, 1942
Incident Type: Involuntary disappearance
Missing From: Davenport, IA
Scott County
Missing Since: January 22, 1990

Sidney Johnston disappeared from Davenport after an altercation at his home with a young man and woman.

 

Homicide
Vicki I. Killian
37 YOA
1000 block of North Harrison
Davenport, IA
Scott County
July 31, 1993

Vicki Killian was found dead in the 1000 block of North Harrison in Davenport.

 

Homicide
KeyOntrae Miles
2 months old
318 Western Ave.
Davenport, IA
Scott County
January 22, 1994

KeyOntrae Miles died at his Davenport home on January 22, 1994 — the day he turned two months old.

 

Homicide
Raymond L. March Jr.
23 YOA
1200 block of North Harrison
Davenport, IA
Scott County
June 20, 1998

Raymond L. “Little Raymond” March Jr., 23, was shot and killed outside Wilma’s Club in Davenport at 2 a.m. on Saturday, June 20, 1998.

 

Homicide
Yvonne “Bonnie” Nicholson
32 YOA
South Concord St.
Davenport, IA
Scott County
November 12, 2001

On Wednesday, November 12, 2001, at approximately 9:30 a.m., two construction workers driving along a slough on South Concord Street in Davenport discovered the body of 32-year-old Yvonne Nicholson of Rock Island, Illinois. Her body — clothed in a sweatshirt, shorts and socks — lay partially submerged in Mississippi River backwater near Credit Island about 75 feet from the road.

 

Homicide:
Lewis Glenn
29 YOA
Davenport, IA
Scott County
Case # 2002-31717
August 5, 2002

On Monday, August 5, 2002, at approximately 11:40 p.m., Lewis Glenn was shot and killed while in the parking lot of Zion Lutheran Church at 8th and Taylor in Davenport.

 

Homicide:
Jorge “Louie” Gutierrez
47 YOA
3400 block of South Concord
Davenport, IA
Scott County
October 19, 2004

Jorge “Louie” Gutierrez was found wrapped in a sleeping bag in the bed of his maroon 1983 Chevrolet pick-up truck in the early afternoon of October 19, 2004. Gutierrez died from blunt force trauma to the head.

 

Homicide:
Christy Joseph Connor
19 YOA
200 block of East Central Park
Davenport, IA
Scott County
Case #: 2005-24862
July 24, 2005

Chris Connor’s body was found in the trunk of an Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme parked in a driveway adjacent to 215 E. Central Park Aveue in Davenport.

 

Missing Person:
Arthur Rascon
Age at Report: 72
Missing From: Davenport, IA
Scott County
Missing Since: July 25, 2005

Arthur Rascon was reported missing to the Davenport Police Department on July 25, 2005. Few other details are available in his case.

 

 

Homicide:
Angela Marie Hennes
41 YOA
Davenport, IA
Scott County
Case # 07-01804
January 13, 2007

Angela Marie Hennes went missing for 10 days in January 2007 before her badly burned body was found face down in the fetal position about 4 p.m. January 13 in a farm field off Seven Sisters Road in rural Scott County.

 

Missing Person
Satanya Yvette Wilson
Age At Report: 1
Weight: 37 lbs.
Height: 3’04″
Race: Black
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Sex: Female
Incident Type: Endangered / physical
Missing From: Davenport, IA
Scott County
Missing Since: August 12, 2007

Satanya Wilson was reported missing to the Scott County Sheriff’s Office in Davenport on August 12, 2007.

 

Homicide:
Agnes Kennedy
51 YOA
1800 Block of West 8th St.
Davenport, Iowa
Scott County
December 22, 2007

Agnes Kennedy was found murdered in the north alley of the 1800 block of West 8th Street in Davenport on December 22, 2007.

 

 

Missing Person
Michael James Delaney
Age at Report: 49
Missing From: Davenport, IA
Scott County
Missing Since: July 3, 2008

Michael Delaney was reported missing to the Davenport Police Department on July 3, 2008. Police considered Delaney’s disappearance as “very suspicious” because he lived with his 17-year-old daughter and maintained contact with her many times a day.

 

Missing Person
Ms. Truong Ngoc
Age at Report: 69
Missing From: Davenport, IA
Scott County
Missing Since: July 2, 2009

Truong Ngoc was reported missing to the Davenport Police Department in Davenport, Iowa, on July 2, 2009. She was last seen wearing a black and blue dress.