Cold Cases in Chariton, IA

Homicide:
Dorothy Ruth Coon
36 YOA
2017 61st St., Des Moines, IA
Body found in rural Chariton, IA (Lucas County)
Des Moines PD Case # 1960-10204
DCI Case # 6007871
August 27, 1960

On Monday evening, August 29, 1960, Dorothy Coon was found dead in a ditch alongside a road in Lucas County, Iowa, 12 miles north of Chariton. Her body -- clad in a dark green dress and white shoes -- was discovered by a farmer mowing weeds. Mrs. Coon's purse was found one mile away.

Homicide
Fred Burton Sanders
Chariton, IA (Lucas County)
Case # 6601164
November 11, 1966

On November 11, 1966, the skeletal remains of a male subject were found by the Rock Island Railroad tracks one and three quarters of a mile south of Chariton, Iowa. Papers and a wallet adjacent to the remains contained the name of Fred Burton Sanders.

If you have any information about these crimes, please contact the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation at (515) 725-6010 or e-mail dciinfo@dps.state.ia.us.

Page last updated: December 25, 2009