Five years ago today, my family received news no family ever expects to hear. We were fortunate, however, in that we received a gift few families get to experience when crime comes knocking on one’s door; we each got the opportunity to see and speak to our loved one — and him to us — […]
INSIDE EDITION COPPER THEFT Airdate: 5/14/2008 Doug Thelander and his family are victims of one of the fastest growing crimes in the country…copper theft. Thieves stole several feet of copper pipes from a house owned by his dad, but in the process they cut the gas line, leaving dangerous propane gas leaking into the […]
Onawa in Monona County Monona County Cold Cases in Onawa, Iowa Earl Thelander Earl Thelander 80 YOA Crime Location: 20877 Gum Ave. Onawa, Iowa (Monona County) Case # 07-SO0855 Date of Crime: August 28, 2007 Date of Death: Sept. 1, 2007 Earl Thelander of Onawa, IA, died September 1, 2007 from burns […]
This used to be a home. That was before copper thieves came in the night and cut propane lines and let it fill with gas to later explode with a man inside. That man was my stepfather, Earl Thelander. My grandparents used to live here. After my grandfather died, my folks purchased the rural home […]
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