Webster County in Iowa Fort Dodge in Webster County William Henry Freimuth Homicide William Henry Freimuth 71 YOA Fawkes Standard Service Station Highway 20 Fort Dodge, Iowa Webster County DCI Case # 61-00355 February 16, 1961 William H. Freimuth, a 71-year-old Fort Dodge service station attendant, was shot in the back of the […]
Courtesy photo Elizabeth O’Hara Lillian Hedman Randolph Lillian Elizabeth Hedman Randolph Homicide Lillian Elizabeth Hedman Randolph 56 YOA Guthrie Center, IA Guthrie County Case # 65-00598 May 2, 1965 Many thanks to Elizabeth “Beth” O’Hara, Lillian’s granddaughter, and Wendy Chalman-Holman, Lillian’s daughter, for sharing these photos with Jody Ewing for use on the Iowa […]
Cold Cases in Guthrie Center, Iowa Homicide Alonzo “Lon” Beghtel 81 YOA Guthrie Center, IA Guthrie County January 18, 1950 On Wednesday, January 18, 1950, the body of Alonzo “Lon” Beghtel — a retired farmer who lived alone in a one-room shack on Guthrie Center’s south side — was discovered near […]
Cold Cases in Guthrie County, Iowa *Please Note: The cases listed below are within Guthrie County but may fall under a city police department’s jurisdiction. They are included here for cross-reference purposes. More specific information may be found on each victim’s individual page. Homicide Alonzo “Lon” Beghtel 81 YOA Guthrie Center, IA Guthrie County […]
The Cases – Homicides (1960 – 1969) BY ERA: Up through 1899 | 1900s | 1910s | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000 – present | Missing Persons The cases below include unsolved Iowa homicides from 1960 – 1969, and are listed in chronological […]
On May 2, 1965, Lillian Randolph shared Mother’s Day with her oldest child’s birthday. It would also be the last day Lillian would ever be seen alive. The mother of four — Hank, Ann, Wendy and Vicki — was kidnapped from her rural Guthrie Center, Iowa home that day after attending church with her daughters. […]
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