Dwane Roy Dreher Missing Person Name: Dwane Roy Dreher AKA: Dwayne Draher, Duane Dreher, and Duwane Dreher Age at Report: 33 Height: 5’11” – 6’00” Weight: 150 – 200 lbs. Eyes: Blue Hair: Black or grayish-black; combed straight back Missing From: Mason City, Iowa Cerro Gordo County Case Number: 52274 NamUS MP Number: MP41329 Last […]
Norma Jean Horgen Homicide Norma Jean Horgen 18 YOA DOB: February 15, 1948 DCI Case Number: 66-01036 Mason City, Iowa Cerro Gordo County September 10, 1966 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Around 8:15 p.m. on Saturday, September 10, 1966, a fisherman found 18-year-old Norma Jean Horgen’s body near Clear Lake’s northwest shore. The […]
Elgin Hobert Strait (Courtesy Ancestry.com) Elgin Hobert Strait Homicide Elgin H. Strait 80 YOA 1302 S. Hampshire Ave. Mason City, Iowa Cerro Gordo County Case # 77-00254 March 18, 1977 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing On March 18, 1977, Elgin Hobert Strait, an 80-year-old widower who lived alone, was found shot to death […]
Cerro Gordo County in Iowa Mason City in Cerro Gordo County Charles LeRoy “Pat” Hines Homicide Charles Hines 45 YOA 11 S. Delaware Ave. Mason City, IA Cerro Gordo County August 2, 1975 Charles LeRoy “Pat” Hines — a 45-year-old decorated Korean Conflict veteran and former Forest City resident — was found dead […]
Jodi Sue Huisentruit Missing Person: Declared Legally Dead Jodi Sue Huisentruit 27 YOA Key Apartments 600 North Kentucky Ave. Mason City, IA Cerro Gordo County Investigating Agency: Mason City Police Department Case # 95-08176 NCIC # M-844559811 NamUs MP # 402 Dentals: Available DNA: Available Missing Since: June 27, 1995 RECENT UPDATES 25th Anniversary […]
Gerald E. Best Homicide Gerald E. Best 50 YOA 4 N. Madison Ave. Mason City, IA Cerro Gordo County December 30, 1999 Gerald Best was found stabbed to death on Dec. 30, 1999, in his apartment at 4 N. Madison Ave. in Mason City, Iowa. Medical Examiner David Sloan said the 50-year-old’s throat had […]
Courtesy photo Joanna Hatzis Andrew “Andy” Hatges Andrew “Andy” Hatges Homicide Andrew Hatges 75 YOA 108 Virginia Ave. SE Mason City, IA Cerro Gordo County March 8, 1968 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Andrew “Andy” Hatges, 75, owner of the former West Vu Market located at 2601 Fourth St. S.W. in […]
Lucille Elaine DeVries Homicide Lucille Elaine DeVries 22 YOA 607 3rd Street NE Mason City, IA Cerro Gordo County DCI Case # 63-00204 October 10, 1962 Case information provided by the Iowa DCI and Mason City Globe-Gazette RECENT UPDATES The Globe Gazette’s Molly Montag spoke with Lucille DeVries’ surviving family […]
John Joseph Snyder Jr. HOMICIDE: Suspect Acquitted at Trial VICTIM: John J. Snyder Jr. AGE: 20 months old THE CRIME: First-degree Murder WHEN: July 20, 1994 WHERE: Taken from 10 S. Adams Ave., Apt. 1, Mason City in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa — child found dead in nearby Willow Creek the following day […]
Cold Cases in Mason City, Iowa Missing Person Lillian Eileen Demaris Age at Report: 31 Date of Birth: May 12, 1921 Classification: Endangered Medical: Demaris is classified as disabled Missing from: Mason City, IA Missing Since: August 14, 1952 Lillian Eileen Demaris was last seen in Mason City, Iowa on August […]
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