Oskaloosa in Mahaska County

Mahaska County in Iowa

Cold Cases in Oskaloosa, IA

Edward A. Schmidt

Homicide
Edward A. Schmidt
Oskaloosa, IA
Mahaska County
February 16, 1972

Edward A. Schmidt, a reclusive and eccentric 85-year-old bachelor, was found beaten and stabbed to death in his basement law office in Oskaloosa on February 16, 1972. He had been dead since February 13.

Mary Ann Green

Homicide
Mary Ann Green
59 YOA
Spring Creek Mobile Park
Oskaloosa, IA
Mahaska County
September 27, 1987

Wealthy 59-year-old widow Mary Ann Green was murdered in her home at Oskaloosa’s Spring Creek Mobile Park on September 27, 1987. Her stepson and a friend were charged with murder-for-hire; after three trials, they were found not guilty.