The Cases – Homicides (1920 – 1929)

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The cases below include unsolved Iowa homicides from 1920 – 1929, and are listed in chronological order. Click on any hyperlink to view a victim’s case summary page and to access additional information and/or feature stories related to that case.

Nicollo Vinceri
44 YOA
1518 S. 18th Street
Centerville, IA
Appanoose County
February 10, 1920

David Faulkner
36 YOA
2416 E. Lyon Street
Des Moines, IA
Polk County
May 1, 1920

John McGill
29 YOA
Sioux City, IA
Woodbury County
September 1920

William VandeBrake
30 YOA
302 Main Street
Rock Valley, IA
Sioux County
October 13, 1920

Jane Otis
76 YOA
Gravity, IA
Taylor County
January 4, 1921

Dominico Barretto
24 YOA
“Little Italy”
Des Moines, IA
Polk County
March 27, 1921

Jane Doe 1921
Des Moines &
Raccoon rivers
Des Moines, IA
Polk County
June 7, 1921

Walter L. Baldwin
US Postal Carrier
49 YOA
Council Bluffs, IA
Pottawattamie County
July 16, 1921

Double Homicide
Sister Mary Virginis
Née Mary Austin
37 YOA
31st & Grand Ave.
Des Moines, IA
November 2, 1921

Double Homicide
Sister Mary Rosalita
Née Agnes McLaughlin, 41
31st & Grand Ave.
Des Moines, IA
November 2, 1921

Angelo Ferrari
35 YOA
1066 42nd Street
Des Moines, IA
Polk County
February 26, 1922

Double Homicide
Homer F. Brownfield
43 YOA
Lincoln HWY at Low Moor
Clinton County
November 3, 1922

Double Homicide
Rosela M. Brownfield
41 YOA
Lincoln HWY at Low Moor
Clinton County
November 3, 1922

Thaddeus Mitchell
44 YOA
St. Joseph & 20th
Des Moines, IA
Polk County
December 7, 1922

William Snyder
60 YOA
Malcom, IA
Poweshiek County
1924

Michael Featherstone
83 YOA
4 miles north
Marshalltown, IA
Marshall County
November 7, 1924

John “Jack” Fong
40 YOA
Kee Quong Laundry
214 Fourth Street
Sioux City, IA
December 2, 1924

Allen F. Shoemaker
Chicago & Northwestern Police
36 YOA
Missouri Valley, IA
Harrison County
May 17, 1925

Jane Doe 1925
“The Strawstack Murder”
20-25 YOA
rural Carlisle, IA
Warren County
July 24, 1925

William Laugeson
Double Homicide
34 YOA
1102 4th Street
Sioux City, IA
Woodbury County
August 27, 1925

Harry Jones
Double Homicide
32 YOA
1102 4th Street
Sioux City, IA
Woodbury County
August 27, 1925

Myrtle Cook
51 YOA
Vinton, IA
Benton County
September 7, 1925

Phoebe Vigoletti
46 YOA
Oelwein, IA
Fayette County
March 14, 1926

Patrolman Edward Leeney
32 YOA
Iowa City PD
Johnson County
April 29, 1926

Earl Paris
31 YOA
Keokuk, IA
Lee County
February 18, 1928

George Hardy
69 YOA
Parnell, IA
Iowa County
June 26, 1929

Winfield Scott Rouse
79 YOA
Montour, IA
Tama County
July 2, 1929

George G. Shackell
69 YOA
Glenwood, IA
Mills County
July 3, 1929

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