Today’s guest blog post is written by Cindy Kraft-Chevalier, the niece of Council Bluffs Police Officer John L. Stephens. Stephens, 32, and Paul J. Rayer, 51, were shot and killed on Tuesday, December 5, 1967, during a robbery of “Club 64,” an upscale steakhouse about a half-mile east of Council Bluffs’ city limits where Stephens moonlighted […]
Courtesy photo Clarinda Herald Journal The five Eberly children, L to R: Larry, Ricky, Denise, Otis, and Dixie. Denise and Dixie died in the Oct. 15, 1964 fire set at their rural New Market home. Denise and Dixie Eberly Double Homicide Denise Diane Eberly, 3 years old Dixie Lynne Eberly, 13 months old Rural New […]
Elizabeth Collins Elizabeth J. Collins, 8 and Lyric R. Cook-Morrisey, 10 Double Homicide Lyric Cook-Morrisey Elizabeth June Marie Collins, 8 Lyric Ray Lynn Cook-Morrissey, 10 Went missing from Meyers Lake: Friday, July 13, 2012, in Evansdale, Iowa, in Black Hawk County Bodies Found in Seven Bridges Wildlife Park […]
John and Janet Taylor Double Homicide John Budd Taylor, 54 YOA Janet Faye Taylor, 52 YOA 2223 E. Maple Des Moines, IA Polk County Case # 1999-29020 August 3, 1999 Case summary by Jody Ewing John and Janet Taylor — both in their 50s — were found dead in their burning home early […]
Double Homicide Debbie Rose Laubenthal Raymond Morris Henkins Debbie Laubenthal, 18 YOA, of Bancroft, IA DOB: November 17, 1957 Raymond Henkins, 30 YOA, of Emmetsburg, IA DOB: August 28, 1946 Killed near Depew, IA Palo Alto County Criminal Case No. 3327 Date: October 23, 1976 Case summary by Jody Ewing On Saturday morning, Oct. […]
Rose Z. Burkert and Roger E. Atkison Double Homicide Rose Z. Burkert, 22 Roger E. Atkison, 32 DCI Case # 80-06274 Amana Holiday Inn Room 260 Williamsburg, Iowa Iowa County September 12, 1980 Iowa’s Unsolved: Hotel murders still haunt Amana community, 40 years later Sept. […]
John Franklin Sr. and Michelle Franklin Double Homicide John Franklin, Sr., 35 Michelle Franklin, 22 702 Mill Street Eddyville, IA Wapello County January 3, 1978 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing John Franklin, Sr., 35, a central Iowa factory worker, and his 22-year-old wife Michelle were shot to death in their Eddyville, Iowa, home […]
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