Judith Pleas

Judith Kaylene Pleas

Homicide
Judith Kaylene Pleas
17 YOA
Council Bluffs, IA (Pottawattamie County)
Case Number: MP-73-226
August 10, 1973

Case summary compiled by Jody Ewing


Judith Kaylene Pleas, 17, disappeared from Council Bluffs, Iowa, on August 10, 1973. On October 14, 1973, a farmer located the remains of a female near his cornfield outside Council Bluffs' city limits and contacted the Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office, who in turn notified the Council Bluffs Police Department.

Iowa map showing Pottawattamie County
Pottawattamie County

map showing Council Bluffs in Pottawattamie County
Council Bluffs

The victim was later identified as that of Judith Pleas, and an investigation concluded the cause of death was strangulation.

At this time the offender is unknown and this case is active.

Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the Council Bluffs Police Department Criminal Investigation Division at (712) 328-4765 or Crime Stoppers at (712) 328-7867.


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Council Bluffs Police Department


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