Jasper County, Iowa

Colfax, IA, in Jasper County

Cold Cases in Colfax, IA

Homicide:
James M. Bailey, Jr.
32 YOA
Case # 7500503
Colfax, Iowa (Jasper County)
August 14, 1975

On Thursday, August 14, 1975, 32-year-old James M. “Beetle” Bailey, Jr., of Mentor, Ohio, was shot at the I-80 Colfax ramp in Jasper County, Iowa, while motorcycling west with two friends, 27-year-old Paul Philemon and 31-year-old Richard Vesey.

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

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