Cold Cases in Oakland, Iowa Homicide Frank J. Eckels 73 YOA Oakland Motel and Café Oakland, IA Pottawattamie County December 3, 1958 Frank J. Eckels, 73, was shot and wounded during a holdup at his motel and café in Oakland, Iowa, on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 1958. Eckels died Saturday, Dec. 6, at […]
Johnita Larie Clemons Homicide Johnita Larie Clemons 34 YOA 1801 Francis Ave. Des Moines, IA Polk County Investigating Agency: Des Moines Police Department Case Number: 13-40014 December 24, 2013 Johnita Clemons, a 34-year-old mother of two, was shot and killed inside her Francis Avenue residence in Des Moines on Tuesday, December 24, 2013. […]
Matthew John Owen Homicide Matthew John Owen 90 YOA 107 Gas Light Ct. SW Cedar Rapids, IA Linn County January 18, 2013 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Matthew John Owen, who went by the name M. John Owen, was found dead on the kitchen floor of his 107 Gas Light Ct. SW […]
Black Hawk County in Iowa Waterloo in Black Hawk County Gladys Dorothy Held Homicide Gladys Dorothy Held 83 YOA Walnut Court Retirement Home 315 Walnut St., Apt. 321 Waterloo, IA Black Hawk County December 8, 1993 Gladys D. Held, an 83-year-old retired personal secretary, was beaten and strangled at a Waterloo senior citizens […]
Black Hawk County in Iowa Waterloo in Black Hawk County Ruben Lara, Jr. Hit-and-Run Homicide Ruben Lara, Jr. 40 YOA Highway 218 Waterloo, IA Black Hawk County December 8, 2000 Ruben Lara Jr., a 40-year-old construction worker who lived at 3450 Ellington St. in Waterloo, was killed in a hit-and-run homicide early Friday […]
Black Hawk County in Iowa Waterloo in Black Hawk County Jacob J. “Jake” Biretz Homicide Jacob “Jake” Biretz 87 YOA 311 Lafayette St., Apt. B Waterloo, IA Black Hawk County December 10, 1993 Jacob “Jake” Biretz, an 87-year-old retired mechanic, was found dead in his apartment at a Waterloo retirement home on Friday, […]
Courtesy photo Terrie Thompson Joseph E. Payne — the “last photograph” taken of Payne six months prior to his murder. Joseph Ernest Payne Homicide Joseph Ernest Payne Age: 72 15th and Armory Chariton, Iowa Lucas County Crime Date: Saturday, Oct. 13, 1945 Died Wednesday, Oct. 17, 1945 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing […]
Cold Cases in Windsor Heights, Iowa Homicide Rose Marie Grandanette 33 YOA Sunrise Blvd. and 73rd St. Windsor Heights, IA Polk County September 14, 1958 Rose Grandanette, a 33-year-old mother of three children, was shot in the head with a .38-caliber pistol on Sunday evening, September 14, 1958, after answering the […]
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