Courtesy Officer Down Memorial PagePolice Officer Allen F. Shoemaker
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Police
Panel: 52-E: 5
36 YOA
Missouri Valley, IA
Harrison County
End of Watch: May 17, 1925
Allen F. Shoemaker — a police officer with the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Police — was shot and killed on Sunday, May 17, 1925, while conducting a railroad check in Missouri Valley, Iowa.
When Shoemaker came across nine men riding in a gondola car, he turned his flashlight on them and demanded to know what they were doing. One man drew a gun and shot Officer Shoemaker. As Shoemaker fell against the shooter, the suspect then fired three more shots at the wounded officer.
The 36-year-old Shoemaker had served with the railroad police for four years. He was survived by his wife.
Courtesy Officer Down Memorial PageThough six men from the gondola car were rounded up and taken to the Harrison County Jail, they later were released with none charged in Shoemaker’s murder. It remains unsolved.
If you have any information about Allen Shoemaker’s unsolved murder, please contact the Missouri Valley Police Department at 712-642-2736, the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office at 1-877-644-2299, the Iowa Department of Public Safety, or Iowa Cold Cases via our Contact form.
Harrison County in Iowa
Missouri Valley in Harrison County
Allen Shoemaker
Homicide
Allen F. Shoemaker
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Police
36 YOA
Missouri Valley, IA
Harrison County
May 17, 1925
Allen F. Shoemaker — a Special Officer with the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Police — was shot and killed on Sunday, May 17, 1925, while conducting a railroad check in Missouri Valley, Iowa.
Barbara Lenz
Barbara Lealyn Lenz
Case # 89-03215
Age at Report: 31 YOA
DOB: August 30, 1957
Weight: 130 lbs.
Height: 5′ 07″
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing From: Logan/Woodbine, IA
Harrison County
NCIC Number: M-360981053
Missing Since: May 6, 1989
Harrison County in Iowa
Barbara Lenz was last seen by her boyfriend, who dropped her off at her apartment on May 6, 1989. Barbara said she was going to visit an old boyfriend in Omaha that afternoon, but never arrived. On May 17, 1989, the victim’s family called the Woodbine Police Department and reported they had not had contact with her since May 3, 1989.
(The IA Missing Persons Clearinghouse also states that Lenz was reported missing to the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office in Logan, Iowa.) Lenz lived about 17 miles northeast of Missouri Valley in Woodbine.
At the time of Lenz’s disappearance, her mother was hospitalized in Missouri Valley with pneumonia and Lenz visited her every day. When she did not visit her mother for two days in a row, her mother sent relatives to check Lenz’s residence. Inside the home they found Lenz’s coffee pot half-full and switched on, her laundry half-folded, and Lenz’s keys and purse left there.
Barbara Lenz in her early 20s
Lenz, who left behind a three-year-old daughter, has never been heard from again and investigators believe she was taken against her will.
In May 2006, mushroom hunters in Council Bluffs, Iowa, found a 55-gallon barrel with a woman’s skeletal remains inside, but dental records concluded the woman was not Lenz.
Lenz has a purple-colored scar two inches below her left elbow. Her case remains unsolved.
If you have any information regarding the disappearance of this individual, please contact the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office at 712-644-2244.
Logan in Harrison County
Harrison County in Iowa
Barbara Lenz
Missing Person:
Barbara Lealyn Lenz
Missing From: Logan/Woodbine, IA (Harrison County)
Age at Report: 31 YOA
Case # 89-03215
Missing Since: May 6, 1989
Barbara Lenz was last seen by her boyfriend who dropped her off at her apartment on May 6, 1989. Barbara said she was going to visit an old boyfriend in Omaha that afternoon, but never arrived. On May 17, 1989, the victim’s family called the Woodbine Police Department and reported they had not had contact with her since May 3, 1989.
Woodbine in Harrison County
Harrison County in Iowa
Barbara Lenz
Missing Person:
Barbara Lealyn Lenz
Missing From: Logan/Woodbine, IA (Harrison County)
Age at Report: 31 YOA
Case # 89-03215
Missing Since: May 6, 1989
Barbara Lenz was last seen by her boyfriend who dropped her off at her apartment on May 6, 1989. Barbara said she was going to visit an old boyfriend in Omaha that afternoon, but never arrived. On May 17, 1989, the victim’s family called the Woodbine Police Department and reported they had not had contact with her since May 3, 1989.
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