The Cases – Homicides (1940 – 1949)

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The cases below include unsolved Iowa homicides from 1940 – 1949, 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.

Henry Christensen
58 YOA
1735 Grand Avenue
Council Bluffs, IA
Pottawattamie County
June 21, 1941

Robert McCullough
33 YOA
Disappeared February 23, 1947
Des Moines, IA
Found August 14, 1947
Johnson County

John Zauhar
49 YOA
Near Boone, IA
Boone County
August 24, 1947
Found November 9, 1947

Margaret Treese
“The Tattooed Lady”
34 YOA
Credit Island
Davenport, IA
Scott County
September 30, 1947

Anne M. McGrevey
44 YOA
6505 Forest Court
Windsor Heights, IA
Polk County
January 30, 1948

Family Poisonings
Lucy Kemp Rhode
72 YOA
Tabor, IA
Fremont County
May 31, 1948

Henry W. Chavis
55 YOA
Highway 69
Ames, IA
Story County
November 8, 1948

Double Homicide
Claude F. Miller
64 YOA
Camp Dodge
Polk County
April 4, 1949

Double Homicide
Anna H. Miller
61 YOA
Camp Dodge
Polk County
April 4, 1949

Alonzo Lyman
Rhode
76 YOA
Tabor, IA
Fremont County
April 26, 1949

Winifred Rhode Elefson
47 YOA
Tabor, IA
Fremont County
August 22, 1949

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