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Cold Cases in the News — 2012 Archives Current News | 2020 Archives | 2019 Archives | 2018 Archives | 2017 Archives | 2016 Archives | 2015 Archives | 2014 Archives | 2013 Archives | 2012 Archives | 2011 Archives | 2010 Archives | 2009 Archives | 2008 and Earlier Archives GONE COLD: EXPLORING IOWA’S […]
(This piece was published in the Des Moines Register on October 18, 2011.) The funding for the Iowa Cold Case Unit, established with a $500,000 National Institute of Justice grant and $194,000 federal Community Oriented Policing Service grant, is due to expire in November, and with it my hopes that the unit would be given […]
Anna Maria Medici Homicide Anna Maria Medici 21 YOA Highway 69 Carney, IA Crocker Township Polk County DCI Case # 62-01063 November 16, 1962 Case information provided by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation On Friday, November 16, 1962, Anna Maria Medici was killed in a hit-and-run shortly after a co-worker dropped her […]
Baby Jane Lincoln Homicide Baby Jane (Doe) Lincoln Case # 96-11840 Lisbon, Iowa (Linn County) Body Found 1 mile North in Cedar County (Investigating Agency) November 10, 1996 UPDATE: January 27, 2024 PARENTS IDENTIFIED FROM 1996 NEWBORN DEATH INVESTIGATION The Iowa Department of Public Safety announced on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024, that recent advances in […]
Frequently Asked Questions When it comes to unsolved crimes, people typically have a lot of questions. On this page, we’ll answer some of the more frequently asked questions and add others as deemed necessary. In certain instances (where noted) the answers may apply specifically to Iowa law vs. criminal law in other states. Examples are provided […]
Dubuque County in Iowa Dubuque in Dubuque County Sherrie Lee Martin and Victoria Lynne Martin Double Homicide Sherrie Lee Martin, 8 YOA Victoria Lynne Martin, 4 YOA DCI Case # 65-00461 Dubuque, IA Dubuque County March 6, 1965 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Sisters Sherrie Lee Martin, 8, and Victoria Lynne Martin, […]
Unidentified White Male, Fremont County, IA Homicide Unidentified White Male Missouri River near mile marker 662.62 Rural Route B Fremont County, IA Case Number: 66-00724 May 26, 1966 On May 26, 1966, the body of a white male subject was found in the Missouri River near mile marker 662.62. The subject’s body was […]
Scott M. Tompkins Homicide Scott M. Tompkins 23 YOA Park Ave. and Harrison St. intersection Muscatine, IA Muscatine County Case # 95-13656 November 29, 1995 Case summary by Jody Ewing Scott M. Tompkins, 23, was shot by an assailant(s) on November 29, 1995, while stopped to fix his windshield wipers at the intersection […]
Mildred Adaline Clemenson Homicide Mildred Adaline Clemenson 81 YOA DCI Case Number: 98-12891 3926 Ironwood Avenue Kensett, Iowa Worth County November 9, 1998 Case Summary by Jody Ewing Worth County in Iowa Kensett in Worth County Mildred Adaline “Millie” Clemenson, 81, was brutally slain on Monday, Nov. 9, 1998, inside her rural Kensett, […]
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