Matthew Adam Carter Hit-and-Run Homicide NAME: Matthew Adam Carter AGE: 21 CRIME: Hit-and-Run Homicide CRIME LOCATION: Jones-Delaware Rd., Southwest of Hopkinton, Iowa COUNTY: Delaware County JURISDICTION: Delaware County Sheriff’s Office DATE OF CRIME: Sunday, July 9, 2006 Eight days after a new Iowa hit-and-run law went into effect, Matthew Adam Carter, 21, was struck […]
About Gone Cold Gone Cold: Exploring Iowa’s Unsolved Murders is a collaborative partnership with the Iowa Newspaper Association and Iowa news organizations to revisit some of the most brutal and mystifying homicides in state history. The weekly series will feature a number of the state’s 438 unsolved murders, with articles published simultaneously across the state in […]
James “Jim Bob” Booher (Courtesy The Gazette) James Allan “Jim Bob” Booher Homicide — SOLVED Name: James Allan “Jim Bob” Booher At at Report: 51 YOA DOB: March 30, 1963 Weight: 185 lbs. Height: 5’08” Hair: Unknown or completely bald Eyes: Hazel Incident Type: Involuntary/Suspicious Residence: Marion, Iowa Last Seen: 5900 block of Fourth Street […]
Matthew John Owen Homicide Matthew John Owen 90 YOA 107 Gas Light Ct. SW Cedar Rapids, IA Linn County January 18, 2013 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Matthew John Owen, who went by the name M. John Owen, was found dead on the kitchen floor of his 107 Gas Light Ct. SW […]
Black Hawk County in Iowa Waterloo in Black Hawk County Jacob J. “Jake” Biretz Homicide Jacob “Jake” Biretz 87 YOA 311 Lafayette St., Apt. B Waterloo, IA Black Hawk County December 10, 1993 Jacob “Jake” Biretz, an 87-year-old retired mechanic, was found dead in his apartment at a Waterloo retirement home on Friday, […]
Courtesy photo Cedar Rapids Gazette Dexter Lashun Meeks Dexter Lashun “Big Ham” Meeks Homicide Dexter Lashun “Big Ham” Meeks 22 YOA 211 15th St. SE Cedar Rapids, IA Linn County Crime Date: June 26, 2011 Arrest Made: Feb. 25, 2021 UPDATE Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021: Mykel Allan Roberts, 29, of Modesto, Calif., made his […]
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