Des Moines County in Iowa
*Please Note: The cases listed below are within Des Moines County but may fall under a city police department’s jurisdiction. They are included here for cross-reference purposes. More specific information may be found on each victim’s individual page.
Dorothy Miller
Homicide
Dorothy H. Miller
48 YOA
118 Grand Street
Burlington, IA (Des Moines County)
Case # 69-00950
August 18, 1969
On Wednesday evening, August 18, 1969, 48-year-old Bolick Realty saleswoman Dorothy Miller was brutally assaulted and killed in an unoccupied, two-story frame house at 118 Grand Street in Burlington, Iowa.
Mary Lange
Homicide
Mary Bernice Lange
37 YOA
Burlington, IA (Des Moines County)
Case # 70-01291
December 17, 1970
Mary Bernice Lange — engaged in a bitter divorce with her husband Marvin — was found dead nine miles west of Burlington on December 17, 1970. The 37-year-old mother of three had been struck several times in the head and left to drown in Long Creek, a mere 15-minute drive in a path that led directly back to the couple’s farm.
Homicide
Lisa Elaine Miller
15 YOA
Sullivan Slough
Burlington, IA (Des Moines County)
Went Missing October 3, 1977
Body found October 9, 1977
The body of 15-year-old Lisa Elaine Miller was found in a wooded area near Sullivan Slough three and one-half miles southeast of Burlington on October 9, 1977, six days after her parents reported her as a runaway.
James Harsch
Homicide
James A. Harsch
31 YOA
Burlington, IA (Des Moines County)
Case # 78-03075
May 13, 1978
On May 13, 1978, the Burlington Police Department received a call and discovered the badly decomposed body of James A. Harsch in his trailer.
James Jamison
Missing Person:
James Jamison
Age at Report: 75 YOA
Missing From: Burlington, IA (Des Moines County)
Missing Since: October 5, 1987
James Jamison was reported missing to the Burlington Police Department on October 5, 1987.
Audrey Dill
Missing Person
Audrey Dill
Age at Report: 32
Incident Type: Involuntary disappearance
Missing From: Burlington, IA
Des Moines County
Missing Since: August 18, 1978
Audrey Dill was reported missing to the Des Moines County Sheriff’s Office in Burlington, Iowa, on August 18, 1978. She was last seen wearing blue jeans and a blouse.
Missing Person
Crystal Leann Steward
Age at Report: 11
DOB: June 11, 1989
Weight: 135 lbs.
Height: 5’08″
Race: White
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Sex: Female
Incident Type: Juvenile
Missing From: Burlington, IA
Des Moines County (jurisdiction)
Missing Since: May 8, 2001
Crystal Steward was reported missing to the Des Moines County Sheriff’s Office in Burlington, Iowa, on May 8, 2001. She was last seen wearing a black jersey with the number 10 on it, black jogging pants and white Adidas tennis shoes.
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