SOLVED / CLOSED / CLEARED BY EXCEPTIONAL MEANS The cases listed below represent Iowa cold cases where arrests have been made since we first began tracking the state’s unsolved cases in December 2005. It includes cases where suspects have been convicted or acquitted, cases solved by exceptional means, and cases currently making their way through […]
Dennis Lee First — SOLVED Homicide Dennis Lee First 64 YOA Hawthorne Hills Apartments 2249 C St. SW, #5 Cedar Rapids, IA Linn County May 11, 2007 Arrest Made: March 1, 2023 Charged: Curtis Padgett, 42 UPDATE Curtis Padgett Murder Trial Concludes, Awaiting Judge’s Verdict Curtis Padgett — arrested March 1, 2023 and charged […]
Maureen Brubaker Farley Homicide — SOLVED Maureen Ann Brubaker Farley 17 YOA Ely Road SW Cedar Rapids, IA Linn County Approx. Date of Death: September 21, 1971 Case Solved/Closed: October 5, 2021 Suspect: George M. Smith, who died in 2013, identified through DNA UPDATE Cedar Rapids police close 1971 cold case of Maureen […]
Cold Cases in Drakesville, Iowa Triple Homicide – CLOSED Sarah Link, 41 YOA Justin Hook, 20 YOA Tina Lade, 19 YOA Drakesville, IA and Eldon, IA (Davis & Wapello Counties) Case # 84-01854 April 13 – 18, 1984 On Friday, April 13, 1984, the body of 20-year-old Justin Hook, Jr., was found outside near his burned-out […]
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