Keokuk in Keokuk County
Lee County in Iowa
Homicide
John Murphy
Age unknown
N 6th & Concert
Keokuk, IA
Lee County
November 27, 1904
John Murphy was shot by an unknown man at the corner of North 6th and Concert Streets on the morning of November 27, 1904 while on his way to work and then to Mass. The shooting appeared unprovoked.
Homicide
Earl Paris
31 YOA
Iowa Fiber Box Company
Keokuk, IA
Lee County
February 18, 1928
Iowa Fiber Box Company nightwatchman Earl Paris, 31, was shot while on duty on February 18, 1928.
Richard Buchanan
Double Homicide:
Willard Charles Woodring and
Richard B. Buchanan
Case # 6000902
Keokuk, Iowa (Lee County)
October 9, 1960
On October 9, 1960, Willard Charles Woodring, 42, owner and operator of a house of prostitution, commonly referred to as the “Hawkeye Hotel,” and Richard B. Buchanan, 49, a customer, were shot and killed during a robbery by a young male gunman in a black leather jacket who was accompanied by a young red-head in a lavender dress.
Homicide
Delores Antonia Hornung
(aka Toni Martinez)
48 YOA
Case # 9901605
Keokuk, IA (Lee County)
February 14, 1999
On February 14, 1999, Delores Hornung, also known as Toni Martinez, was found shot to death in her residence in Keokuk.
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