Yvonne Nicholson

On October 31, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Yvonne “Bonnie” Nicholson

Homicide

Yvonne "Bonnie" Nicholson

Yvonne “Bonnie” Nicholson

Yvonne “Bonnie” Nicholson
32 YOA
South Concord St.
Davenport, IA
Scott County
November 12, 2001

Scott County in Iowa
Scott County in Iowa
Davenport Iowa
Davenport in Scott County
Case summary by Jody Ewing

On Wednesday, November 12, 2001, at approximately 9:30 a.m., two construction workers driving along a slough on South Concord Street in Davenport discovered the body of 32-year-old Yvonne Nicholson of Rock Island, Illinois.

Her body — clothed in a sweatshirt, shorts and socks — lay partially submerged in Mississippi River backwater near Credit Island about 75 feet from the road.

The Davenport Fire Department provided officials with a ladder trick in order to get an overhead look at the scene, and investigators took photos while inside the bucket at the ladder’s tip. Officials constructed a plywood walkway through the mud and shallow water in order to retrieve Nicholson’s body from the river.

An autopsy concluded she had been strangled.

In September 2003, a late-summer drought drained enough water away from the tree-lined shore to enable detectives to sift through the mud in hopes of shaking out some clues. Since Nicholson’s murder, the crime scene had never been dry enough to dig around the area where officials found her body.

The Davenport detectives marked out a 20-foot-by-15-foot area and began digging, shoveling the thick mud into a sifter while looking for clothes, personal effects or anything else that might bring them closer to identifying Nicholson’s killer.

Courtesy photo Larry Fisher/QUAD-CITY TIMES
Davenport Lt. Gene Wall sits with his hand on a binder containing all the solved and unsolved homicides that took place in recent years.

“It has been two years, but nonetheless it’s worth a try,” Lt. Dennis Kern, deputy commander of the criminal investigation division, told the Quad-City Times in a story published Sept. 11, 2003. “If we don’t do it, we know we won’t find anything.”

One detective ran a metal detector inside the marked-off perimeter. It beeped only a few times, but turned up nothing more than an aluminum can.

Cases get another look

In a Quad-City Times article dated June 26, 2011, Davenport police Lt. Gene Wall, commander of the criminal investigation division — said detectives were going to take another look at Nicholson’s unsolved homicide as well as that of Agnes Kennedy. The announcement followed the arrest of Chad Welsh in the 2007 slaying of Angeles Hennes.

Hennes’ burned remains had been found alongside a road in the 1500 black of 100th Ave. in rural Scott County on January 13, 2007.

Courtesy photo Scott County Jail
Chad Michael Lee Welsh was convicted of first degree murder in Angela Hennes’ 2007 homicide.

Agnes Kennedy’s body was discovered in Davenport on December 22, 2007, in the north alley in the 1800 block of West 8th Street.

Angela Marie Hennes

Angela Hennes’ burned remains were found Jan. 13, 2007.

Wall told the Times the cases were connected because all there victims were known or convicted prostitutes.

Authorities in Scott County announced on June 8, 2011, that they had charged 33-year-old Chad Michael Lee Welsh with Hennes’ murder. The break in the case came after more than four years. Welsh’s DNA matched DNA taken from the 2007 crime scene.

Welsh was brought to the Scott County Jail from a Springfield, Missouri federal prison, where he was serving an eight-year sentence on child pornography charges. A Burlington, Iowa, resident, Welsh was arrested on the pornography charges September 16, 2008, eight months after Kennedy’s death, according to the Times.

Agnes Kennedy

Agnes Kennedy’s body was found in Davenport on Dec. 22, 2007.

On April 17, 2012, the Scott County District Court convicted Welsh of first degree murder in Hennes’ 2007 death. Welsh will now serve the rest of his life in prison with no possibility of parole.

Wall cited the difficulty of solving murders where the victim is a prostitute.

“You never know who they’re with or where they were picked up at,” he said in the Times interview.

Nicholson had been released from prison just 10 days before her body was found.

If you have any information about Yvonne Nicholson’s murder or that of Agnes Kennedy, please contact the Davenport Police Department at 563-326-7979.

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Angela Hennes

On January 3, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing
Angela Marie Hennes

Angela Hennes

Angela Marie Hennes

Homicide

Angela Marie Hennes
41 YOA
Davenport, IA
Scott County
Case # 07-01804
January 13, 2007

Case Summary By Jody Ewing

 

Those who knew her usually described Angela Marie Hennes as polite. Cordial. Likeable. Someone who had the capacity to do almost anything she wanted with her life.


JUSTICE FOR ANGELA HENNES

 Courtesy photo Quad City Times
Chad Welsh in court before being found guilty of killing Angela Hennes.

On April 17, 2012, Chad Welsh was found guilty in Scott County District Court of first degree murder in the January 2007 death of Angela Marie Hennes in Davenport.

Investigators linked Welsh to Hennes’ murder through DNA. For the brutal crime, Welsh will serve the rest of his life in prison with no possibility of parole.

Click here to read a Quad City Times article about the jury’s verdict.


Update

Police say DNA has helped find Angela Hennes’ killer.

Scott County authorities announced June 8, 2011, that they had charged Chad Michael Lee Welsh, 33, with Angela Hennes’ murder, a break after more than four years.

Authorities linked DNA from the scene in 2007 and matched it to Welsh’s DNA. Download the Arrest Warrant

Welsh was brought from a federal prison in Missouri, where he was serving time for child pornography, to the Scott County Jail to await trial on first-degree murder, a charge punishable in Iowa by life in prison without parole. Read More


Born November 4, 1965, in Omaha, Neb., “Angie” had attended Davenport Catholic and public schools and graduated from high school in 1985. She’d gone on to attend Scott Community College, and eventually given birth to two sons, Matthew and Daniel.

Scott County in Iowa
Scott County in Iowa
Davenport Iowa
Davenport in Scott County

Somewhere, though, a shift took place in her life and she’d begun using drugs. Those with whom she’d started to socialize were only too happy to suggest an alternative way to pay for the highly addictive drugs: sex. Even her boyfriend thought it would be okay, and often could be seen walking with her along the streets between Hennes’ 411 W. 4th St. residence at the Ledo Apartments and Myrtle Street, or at a safe distance on the other side of the street.

Wednesday,  Jan. 3, 2007, turned out to be an unseasonably warm Davenport day, the temperature reaching 50 degrees. Both Angie and her boyfriend went out that evening, and no one would ever see Angie alive again.

Ten days later on Jan. 13 at approximately 4 p.m., the 41-year-old’s badly burned body was found face down in a fetal position in a farm field off Seven Sisters Road in rural Scott County. A vehicle’s tire tracks were discovered nearby.

The boyfriend told police he last saw Hennes heading to a grocery store about 9 p.m. on Jan. 3, and that a little while later he may have seen her get into a vehicle.

Pathology reports indicated Hennes had been dead two to three days. Toxicology reports showed no drugs or alcohol in her system.


WQAD-TV Channel 8 reports on an arrest in Angela Hennes’ unsolved murder case.
Air date: June 8, 2011

Gerald Bolt, the farmer who discovered Hennes’ body on his property, estimated he’d last checked that area of his property on Wednesday, January 10.

Hennes’ cell phone had last gone off January 3, 2007 — the day she disappeared.

Sheriff’s investigators, with help from Davenport and Rock Island police, questioned many people on both sides of the Mississippi River but have been unable to zero in on one suspect.

A $5,000 reward has been offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for Angela Hennes’ death.

In addition to her sons Matthew and Daniel, Angela Marie Hennes was survived by her parents, William and Linda Hennes of Davenport; a brother, Jeff Hennes; grandmother, Doris Ricketts; and many aunts, uncles and cousins.

If you have any information about this case please call the Scott County Sheriff’s Department at (563) 326-8628 or the Quad-Cities Crime Stoppers at (309) 762-9500.

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Agnes Kennedy

On December 20, 2010, in , by Jody Ewing
Agnes Kennedy

Agnes McFedries Kennedy

Agnes McFedries Kennedy

Homicide

Agnes McFedries Kennedy
51 YOA
1800 Block of West 8th St.
Davenport, Iowa
Scott County
December 22, 2007

By Jody Ewing

If  Agnes McFedries Kennedy had something she believed you liked, you may as well have considered it yours. Whether clothing or some trinket, the bubbly young mother of four and grandmother to two would not only make the other person take what she offered, but in the end leave them feeling they’d just done her a very big favor.

Always neat and well-groomed, “Aggie” also had an abounding sense of humor reflecting her beauty both inside and out; her genuine, almost perpetual smile lifted the spirits of everyone she met.

Supported the “Underdogs”

After graduating from Davenport Central High School, she’d gone on to Iowa State University where she earned her teaching degree. At Williams Junior High School in Davenport — where she began her teaching career — she quickly found her niche with underprivileged students and those who needed additional help.

She seemed to have an uncanny ability to understand things from other people’s perspectives — whether young teens or adults — and offered her assistance and encouragement whenever it seemed appropriate. Her kindly demeanor reflected a genuine interest in the welfare of others as well as a commitment to her work.

She left an indelible mark on hundreds of young students during the years she taught school, and continued to support the underdog long after she quit teaching.

Agnes KennedyCourtesy photo Desiree McFedries
Agnes McFedries Kennedy

By the age of 26, divorced and with three small children of her own, Kennedy had reached the point where she couldn’t afford to pay her bills and support herself and her children. She made what she called a moral compromise; she quit her job at the school and went to work in a “massage parlor,” which she acknowledged in a 2005 interview with a reporter from The Dispatch and Rock Island Argus (using the pseudonym “Anabelle”) was basically a front for prostitution.

Christmas Wishes

The days moved quickly in December 2007, with Christmas fast approaching. There were still gifts to be bought and wrapped. Kennedy went to work on Saturday, December 22, never imagining how the day would end.

Later that night — just three days before Christmas — a couple returning home for the evening found the former teacher’s unresponsive body in an alley in the 1800 block between west 7th and 8th streets in Davenport. The call came in to police about 8:30 p.m.

Kennedy was transported to Davenport’s Genesis Medical Center (West Campus), where she was pronounced dead.

In a press release the following day, Davenport police Capt. David Struckman said:

“Due to the suspicious nature of the death and many unanswered questions, the death is being investigated as a homicide.”

Police continued to gather physical evidence all throughout the holiday weekend and interviewed those who knew Kennedy in attempts to determine her activities Saturday and Saturday night.

A “predilection to beating prostitutes”
Scott County in Iowa
Scott County in Iowa
Davenport Iowa
Davenport in Scott County

On Wednesday, January 30, 2008, Jesse James Stewart of 1831 W. 6th St. in Davenport was charged in U.S. District Court with distribution of crack cocaine. A federal judge ruled the 57-year-old Stewart be held while police investigated his possible role in Kennedy’s death.

Davenport police Sgt. Kevin Smull testified that Stewart had a predilection to beating prostitutes after giving them crack for sex or to clean his house. Smull also testified that other prostitutes told police Stewart had contact with Kennedy the day she died.

Stewart denied the allegation, telling police he’d been home watching movies with other prostitutes the day of Kennedy’s murder.

Police did not officially name Stewart as a suspect, but Smull told the court that police were still actively investigating Kennedy’s homicide and Stewart’s role in it.

The First Missed Birthday

On Sunday, September 28, 2008, Agnes Kennedy’s family and friends gathered in Fejervary Park to remember Kennedy on what would have been her 52nd birthday, and also remind the public they were still awaiting justice for her murder.

“Agnes had outrageous joy. She would come into the room and she had this smile and eyes that sparkled,” Kennedy’s sister, Kate Heuer, told WQAD News Channel 8 during the event. “She would always find humor and the happy side of everything.”

Heuer said it was hard for the family to lose her, but they needed to celebrate her because she was so important in their lives.

“She was a good person and hopefully someone out there will see this and come up with some answers that will help us out,” said Desiree McFedries, Kennedy’s daughter. “It’s been a long nine months without my mother, but she’s in a good place, heaven, so we’re just trying to get some answers solved.”

The family told WQAD that police had suspects, but not enough evidence to support a conviction just yet.

Family members read words from a poem Kennedy had written in her journal, and then released 52 balloons for the woman known to them as a mother, sister, and grandmother.

They ended the day of remembrance with a candlelight walk to the spot where Kennedy was found nine months earlier. Said McFedries:

“Closure would be great, but we know she’s in a good place and she’s always in our hearts.”

In December 2008, Det. Scott Williams from the Quad Cities Crime Stoppers announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Kennedy’s killer. The Crime Stoppers board of directors provided the maximum of $1,000; the family would provide the other $9,000.

Extortion

In February 2010, Judith A. Lange of 1624 W. 49th St. in Davenport was charged with extortion and harassment for repeated phone calls to one of Kennedy’s family members. A story in the Dispatch-Argus said Lange sought money, a car or a stove in exchange for information about Kennedy’s death.

According to Scott County court records, Lange repeatedly called the family member, even after being told the information she wanted payment for was incorrect. Lange would often yell at the family member during some of the calls.

The Dispatch-Argus reported on February 26, 2010:

Ms. Lange also made statements such as saying that she understood why Ms. Kennedy was killed — because of people like the family member.

Lange eventually was arrested and charged with trying to extort money from the family of a murder victim.

Courtesy photo Scott County Jail
Chad Michael Lee Welsh has been charged in the Angela Hennes homicide.
Three Cases — One Connection?

On June 8, 2011, former car salesman Chad Michael Lee Welsh was charged with strangling Angela Hennes — another Davenport woman who worked as a prostitute — in January 2007.

Angela Marie Hennes

Angela Hennes’ burned remains were found Jan. 13, 2007.

On Tuesday, April 17, 2012, a Scott County District Court jury found him guilty of first-degree murder. Welsh had been linked to Hennes’ death through DNA tests after he was convicted of possessing child pornography and sent to prison.

Now, the Davenport killer is being eyed in Kennedy’s slaying as well as that of Yvonne “Bonnie” Nicholson, 32, of Rock Island, Illinois.

Davenport police Lt. Gene Wall told the Quad-City Times that the slaying of Hennes in some ways was similar to the other two women’s killings.

Yvonne "Bonnie" Nicholson

Yvonne “Bonnie” Nicholson

Two construction workers driving along a slough on South Concord Street in Davenport discovered Nicholson’s body on November 12, 2001.

Clothed in a sweatshirt, shorts and socks, Nicholson lay partially submerged in Mississippi River backwater near Credit Island about 75 feet from the road. She, too, had been strangled, and her killer was never caught.

Lt. Wall said Welsh previously wasn’t listed as a suspect in Kennedy’s slaying, and that police also had another “person of interest” in her case.

About Agnes Kennedy

Agnes Anderson Lashbrooke McFedries was born Sept. 28, 1956, in Davenport, the daughter of John “Scotty” and Jean Conn McFedries.

She had impeccable penmanship and a special flare for art and decorating. Her greatest attribute, however, was her abiding generosity.

Agnes enjoyed baseball, long walks, music, the arts, reading, frequenting the John Lewis Coffee Shop, and helping people in need. She believed in God and shared pamphlets of faith with others. In earlier years, she also had been a member of the First Presbyterian Church Hand Bell Choir and played for several years.

Survivors included her children, Andrew McFedries, Desiree McFedries, Athena Kennedy and John Keenan McFedries; grandchildren, Camarion and Chrystopher; mother, Jean McFedries; father, Scotty McFedries; sister, Kate (Jeff) Heuer, brother, Norman (Dorothy) McFedries, all of Davenport, sister Jennifer Mayweather of Beverly Hills, Calif.; and many nieces and nephews.

Visitation was held Friday, Dec. 28, 2007 from 5-7 p.m. at the Halligan-McCabe-DeVries Funeral Home in Davenport. Funeral services celebrating her life were held Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007 at 11 a.m. at Third Missionary Baptist Church, 222 W. 14th St., Davenport.

Agnes Kennedy was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Davenport. Memorials were to be directed to the Third Missionary Baptist Church.

Information Needed

There is a $10,000 reward for a tip leading to the arrest and conviction of Agnes Kennedy’s killer. If you have any information about her death you’re asked to call Quad Cities Crime Stoppers at 309-762-9500 or the Davenport Police Department at (563) 326-7979. You may also contact Iowa Cold Cases via our Contact form or our Anonymous Tip Form.

Sources:
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Scott County

On November 8, 2010, in , by Jody Ewing
Scott County in Iowa

Scott County in Iowa

Cold Cases in Scott County, Iowa

*Please Note: The cases listed below are within Scott 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
Charles Englehart
70 YOA
700 block of Main Street
Davenport, IA
Scott County
September 23, 1935

Charles Englehart was struck in the head with a blunt object by an unknown assailant on Sunday evening, September 23, 1935, as the 70-year-old got out of his parked vehicle in a Davenport alley.

 

Homicide
Margaret Treese
“The Tattooed Lady”
34 YOA
Credit Island
Davenport, IA
Scott County
September 30, 1947

On Tuesday morning, September 30, 1947, two men on their way to work at Credit Island Park in southwest Davenport discovered the body of 34-year-old Margaret Treese. She lay in tall grass 30 feet off the entrance road to the park and had been beaten, stabbed 19 times, and run over repeatedly with a car.

 

Lucille Bacher

Lucille Bacher

Homicide
Lucille Bacher
43 YOA
Lincoln Avenue Pharmacy
Davenport, IA
Scott County
November 29, 1955

On Tuesday, November 29, 1955, Lucille Bacher and her husband Henry were attacked inside the Lincoln Avenue Pharmacy they owned and operated in Davenport. Lucille, 43, was struck with a hammer or hatchet and her throat was slashed.

 

Clarence Case

Clarence “Ray” Case

Homicide
Clarence Raymond “Ray” Case
62 YOA
Ray and Edith’s Travel Inn
1646 W. Locust Avenue
Davenport, IA
Scott County
Case # 1961-00273
February 16, 1961

Clarence “Ray” Case was found bludgeoned to death inside Ray and Edith’s Travel Inn at 1646 W. Locust Avenue in Davenport on February 16, 1961.

 

Homicide
Massie Pittman
36 YOA
621 N. Harrison
Davenport, IA
Scott County
February 17, 1969

Mrs. Massie Pittman, a Davenport tavern owner, was found slain in her Davenport home at 621 N. Harrison on February 17, 1969. Pittman was found in her bed with puncture wounds to her face, stomach and neck.

 

Homicide
Judith Haeker
18 YOA
202 East 15th St.
Davenport, IA
Scott County
Case No: 1971-10031
March 6, 1971

Judith Anne Haeker, an 18-year-old Palmer College student, was found dead in her Davenport, Iowa, home on Sunday, March 7, 1971. Scott County Medical Examiner Dr. Ronald Perkins determined the teen had been hit in the head with a blunt object and then strangled with enough force to break a small bone in her throat.

 

Don Jeys, Sr.: 1907-1972

Homicide
Don Jeys
64 YOA
700 block of West 5th Street
Davenport, IA
Scott County
February 18, 1972

Late on Friday, February 18, 1972, Don Jeys was shot once in the head at close range with a .32 or .38 caliber handgun while at home in his Davenport apartment.

 

 

Homicide
Alexander Torres Sauceda
23 YOA
Duck Creek Plaza parking lot
852 Middle Road
Bettendorf, IA
Scott County
October 11, 1973

Early morning on Oct. 12, 1973, police found the body of 23-year-old Alexander Torres Sauceda slumped in the front seat of his car in the Duck Creek Plaza parking lot in Bettendorf. He had been shot in the head. There were four spent .22 caliber cartridges next to his body.

 

Homicide
John Gail Rude
51 YOA
2500 block of Madison
Davenport, IA
Scott County
December 11, 1974

On Saturday, December 14, 1974, Dorothy Rude returned to her Davenport home from an out-of-town trip and discovered her husband, John Gail Rude, dead in the basement. Rude had been shot with a small caliber weapon.

 

Homicide
Clara Schiele
90 YOA
1423 Main Street
Davenport, IA
Scott County
August 3, 1978

At 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 3, 1978, 90-year-old Clara E. Schiele was mugged and pushed down while climbing the front steps to her Davenport home. She struck her head on the concrete steps and later died of a skull fracture and internal injuries.

 

Homicide
Martha Kistenmacher
1300 block of Main Street
Davenport, IA
Scott County
November 2, 1978

Martha Kistenmacher was found dead in the 1300 block of Main Street in Davenport.

 

Roger Warren

Roger Warren

Homicide
Roger Warren
12 YOA
Mississippi River near Crescent Bridge
Davenport, IA
Scott County
August 19, 1979

Twelve-year-old Roger Warren’s body was found in the Mississippi River near the Crescent Bridge in Davenport. He had been strangled.

 

Double Homicide
Cody James
, 30 YOA
Gary Lee Harker, 30 YOA
Davenport, IA
Scott County
April 24, 1980

Cody Jones and Gary Harker disappeared on Christmas 1979. Four months later their bodies were found under debris in the bed of James’ pickup truck purchased at a Davenport Police auto auction.

 

Dale Strassburger

Dale Strassburger

Missing Person:
Dale W. Strassburger
Age at Report: 37
Missing From: Le Claire, IA
Scott County
Date Reported Missing: August 6, 1982

Dale Strassburger was reported missing to the Le Claire Police Department on August 6, 1982. Strassburger was last seen on his way home from work in Le Claire at 12:15 a.m. on August 6, 1982. He never arrived home and has never been heard from again.

 

Kimberly Doss

Kimberly Doss

Missing Person:
Kimberly S. Doss
Age at Report: 16 YOA
Missing From: Davenport, IA
Scott County
Missing Since: September 1, 1982

Kimberly Doss was reported missing to the Davenport Police Department on September 1, 1982.

 

 

Homicide
Clifford Lewis
600 block of North Brady Street
Davenport, IA
Scott County
December 2, 1982

Clifford Lewis was found dead in the 600 block of North Brady Street in Davenport.

 

Homicide
Francisco Nagera
Outside the Stadium Club
822 W. 2nd St.
Davenport, IA
Scott County
Case #: 1983-21175
January 24, 1983

Francisco Nagera was shot outside the Stadium Club in Davenport on Monday, January 24, 1983. Nagera and his brother left the bar and quickly became involved in a struggle as two men tried to rob them. An undercover officer who witnessed the event got involved and Nagera was shot in the abdomen.

 

Bambi Lynn Dick

Bambi Lynn Dick

Homicide
Bambi Lynn Dick
17 YOA
Davenport, IA
Scott County
September 29, 1983 (disappeared)
Potter County, Texas
October 8, 1983 (Jane Doe found)
University of North Texas
March 26, 2009 (DNA match made)

Bambi Lynn Dick disappeared on September 29, 1983 after attending a Quiet Riot and Axe concert at Davenport’s Col Auditorium. On March 26, 2009, her remains were identified through a DNA match to a Jane Doe discovered in Amarillo, Texas, on October 8, 1983.

 

Double Homicide
John R. Green, 3 YOA,
and Mark E. Green, 18 mos.

1512 Belle Avenue
Davenport, IA
Scott County
Case #: 1984-10311
November 24, 1984

On Saturday, November 24, 1984 at about 12:30 p.m., an explosion occurred downstairs in the Davenport home where John Green, 3, and his 18-month-old brother Mark lived. A police officer was overcome by smoke while trying to rescue the boys. John Green died at the scene, and Mark died the following day.

 

Homicide
Michael Anderson
200 block of Warren
Davenport, IA
Scott County
November 30, 1987

Michael Anderson’s body was found in the 200 block of Warren in Davenport.

 

Homicide
Alfred Allen
200 block of Warren
Davenport, IA
Scott County
February 8, 1988

Alfred Allen was found dead in the 200 block of Warren in Davenport.

 

Missing Person
Ricardo Jerome Pimentel
Age At Report: 39
DOB: Oct. 19, 1950
Weight: 160 lbs.
Height: 5’10″
Race: White
Sex: Male
Incident Type: Endangered / physical
Missing From: Davenport, IA
Scott County
Missing Since: December 19, 1989

Ricardo Pimentel was reported missing to the Davenport Police Department in Davenport, Iowa, on December 19, 1989.

 

Sidney Johnston

Sidney Johnston

Missing Person, Presumed Deceased
Sidney Edward Johnston
Age at Report: 47
DOB: December 11, 1942
Incident Type: Involuntary disappearance
Missing From: Davenport, IA
Scott County
Missing Since: January 22, 1990

Sidney Johnston disappeared from Davenport after an altercation at his home with a young man and woman.

 

Homicide
KeyOntrae Miles
2 months old
318 Western Ave.
Davenport, IA
Scott County
January 22, 1994

KeyOntrae Miles died at his Davenport home on January 22, 1994 — the day he turned two months old.

 

Homicide
Sandra Dee Kinney
33 YOA
Davenport, IA
Scott County
July 20, 1996

On Saturday, July 20, 1996, Sandra Dee “Sandy” Kinney was strangled in Davenport, Iowa, and thrown into the Mississippi River.

 

Raymond March Jr.

Raymond March Jr.

Homicide
Raymond L. March Jr.
23 YOA
1200 block of North Harrison
Davenport, IA
Scott County
June 20, 1998

Raymond L. “Little Raymond” March Jr., 23, was shot and killed outside Wilma’s Club in Davenport at 2 a.m. on Saturday, June 20, 1998.

 

Nicholson Yvonne

Yvonne Nicholson

Homicide
Yvonne “Bonnie” Nicholson
32 YOA
South Concord St.
Davenport, IA
Scott County
November 12, 2001

On Wednesday, November 12, 2001, at approximately 9:30 a.m., two construction workers driving along a slough on South Concord Street in Davenport discovered the body of 32-year-old Yvonne Nicholson of Rock Island, Illinois. Her body — clothed in a sweatshirt, shorts and socks — lay partially submerged in Mississippi River backwater near Credit Island about 75 feet from the road.

 

Homicide:
Lewis Glenn
29 YOA
Davenport, IA
Scott County
Case # 2002-31717
August 5, 2002

On August 5, 2002, at approximately 11:40 p.m., Lewis Glenn was shot and killed while in the parking lot of Zion Lutheran Church at 8th and Taylor in Davenport.

 

Jorge Gutierrez

Louie Gutierrez

Homicide:
Jorge “Louie” Gutierrez
47 YOA
3400 block of South Concord
Davenport, IA
Scott County
October 19, 2004

Jorge “Louie” Gutierrez was found wrapped in a sleeping bag in the bed of his maroon 1983 Chevrolet pick-up truck in the early afternoon of October 19, 2004. Gutierrez died from blunt force trauma to the head.

 

Christy J. Connor

Christy “Chris” Connor

Homicide:
Christy Joseph Connor
19 YOA
200 block of East Central Park
Davenport, IA
Scott County
Case #: 2005-24862
July 24, 2005

Chris Connor’s body was found in the trunk of an Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme in the 200 block of East Central Park in Davenport on July 24, 2005.

 

Arthur Rascon

Arthur Rascon

Missing Person:
Arthur Rascon
Age at Report: 72
Missing From: Davenport, IA
Scott County
Missing Since: July 25, 2005

Arthur Rascon was reported missing to the Davenport Police Department on July 25, 2005. Few other details are available in his case.

 

Agnes Kennedy

Agnes Kennedy

Homicide:
Agnes Kennedy
51 YOA
1800 Block of West 8th St.
Davenport, Iowa
Scott County
December 22, 2007

Agnes Kennedy was found murdered in the north alley of the 1800 block of West 8th Street in Davenport on December 22, 2007.

 

Michael Delaney

Michael Delaney

Missing Person
Michael James Delaney
Age at Report: 49
Missing From: Davenport, IA
Scott County
Missing Since: July 3, 2008

Michael Delaney was reported missing to the Davenport Police Department on July 3, 2008. Police considered Delaney’s disappearance as “very suspicious” because he lived with his 17-year-old daughter and maintained contact with her many times a day.

 

Missing Person
Ms. Truong Ngoc
Age at Report: 69
Missing From: Davenport, IA
Scott County
Missing Since: July 2, 2009

Truong Ngoc was reported missing to the Davenport Police Department in Davenport, Iowa, on July 2, 2009. She was last seen wearing a black and blue dress.

 

Missing Person
Anthony Chance
Age at Report: 45
Weight: 160 lbs.
Height: 5’10″
Race: White
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Brown
Sex: Male
Incident Type: Disability — physical / mental
Missing From: Davenport, IA
Scott County
Missing Since: March 25, 2012

Anthony Chance was reported missing to the Davenport Police Department in Davenport, Iowa, on March 25, 2012.

 

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Homicides 2000 – Present

On October 12, 2010, in , by Jody Ewing

The Cases – Homicides (2000 – present)

BY ERAUp through 18991900s1910s1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s | 1990s | 2000 – present | Missing Persons

The cases below include unsolved Iowa homicides from the year 2000 to the present, and are listed in chronological order. If you know of a case not listed here or have information you’d like included with an existing page, please contact us with relevant details and we’ll respond to your inquiry as soon as possible.

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Harland Shuey house
Harland Shuey
79 YOA
3310 E. 42nd
Des Moines, IA
Case # 2001-1532
January 11, 2001
Ricky Morehouse
Ricky Morehouse
2 YOA
165 Cherry St.
Kent, IA
Union County
March 3, 2001
Barbara Brim
Barbara K. Brim
53 YOA
Rural Route
Webster City
Hamilton County
April 25, 2001
Tyrone Gilbert
Tyrone Gilbert
28 YOA
412 15th St. SE
Cedar Rapids, IA
Linn County
June 21, 2001

Edward R. Uhlenhopp
85 YOA
Butler St. & 4th Ave.
Ackley, IA
Hardin County
June 29, 2001
Ila Mae Clark
Ila Mae Clark
73 YOA
116 Iowa Ave. W.
Marshalltown
Marshall County
August 28, 2001
Yvonne Nicholson
Yvonne Nicholson
32 YOA
Mississippi River
Near S. Concord
Davenport, IA
November 12, 2001

Rev. Kevin Morse
44 YOA
Missouri River Levee
Nebraska City Bridge
Fremont County, IA
June 20, 2002

Lewis Glenn
29 YOA
8th and Taylor
Davenport, IA
Case #: 2002-31717
August 5, 2002

Double Homicide
Celestina Payano, 22

1831 Mondamin
Des Moines, IA
Case # 2002-36527
September 12, 2002

Double Homicide
Emanuel Burgs II, 21

1831 Mondamin
Des Moines, IA
Case # 2002-36527
September 12, 2002

Double Homicide
Martavious Robinson
20 YOA
408 Thompson Ave.
Waterloo, IA
September 21, 2002

Double Homicide
Calvin M. Rash
28 YOA
408 Thompson Ave.
Waterloo, IA
September 21, 2002

Double Homicide
Alonzo N. Quinn, 27
1001 Hartman Avenue
Waterloo, IA
Black Hawk County
January 3, 2003

Double Homicide
Rhiannon M. Olsen, 22
1001 Hartman Avenue
Waterloo, IA
Black Hawk County
January 3, 2003
Joseph Harris
Joseph Harris
23 YOA
Cedar Rapids, IA
Linn County
January 6, 2003
Jay Grahlman
Double Homicide
Jay Grahlman

38 YOA
3755 H Ave. NE
Cedar Rapids, IA
Linn County
April 5, 2003
Jaymie Grahlman
Double Homicide
Jaymie Grahlman

6 YOA
3755 H Ave. NE
Cedar Rapids, IA
Linn County
April 5, 2003

Donald E. Graspy
46 YOA
1104 Fremont
Des Moines, IA
Polk County
Case # 2003-27457
July 17, 2003

Nelson “Selena” Alvarez-Hernandez
33 YOA
1613 S. 13th St.
Council Bluffs, IA
Case # 03-004354
July 31, 2003

Terence Currington
20 YOA
400 block of Adams St.
Waterloo, IA
Black Hawk County
August 7, 2003
Corey Poffenberger
Corey Poffenberger
30 YOA
2211 East 37th St.
Des Moines, IA
Case # 2003-42059
October 24, 2003
Jeremy Spencer
Jeremy J. Spencer
27 YOA
2335 Hickman
Des Moines, IA
Polk County
Case # 2004-3548
January 28, 2004
Cecil Gaddy
Cecil Travis Gaddy
19 YOA
Osceola, IA
Clarke County
January 31, 2004
Ruth Kingary-Pohlmeier
Ruth Kingery-
Pohlmeier

37 YOA
3839 E. 14th
Des Moines, IA
Case # 2004-14785
April 25, 2004

Chad James Schwab
30 YOA
Southbound I-35 Rest Area
Story County
August 10, 2004
Lisa McCuddin
Lisa Ann McCuddin
23 YOA
Near Holiday Inn
Fort Dodge, IA
Webster County
October 2, 2004
Jorge Gutierrez
“Louie” Gutierrez
47 YOA
3400 Blk S. Concorde
Davenport, IA
Scott County
October 19, 2004
Josh Yoder
Josh Yoder
4 YOA
500 Blk of S. 9th St.
Clinton, IA
Clinton County
May 3, 2005
Evelyn Miller
Evelyn Miller
5 YOA
Floyd, Iowa
Floyd County
July 1, 2005

Christy J. Connor
19 YOA
215 E Central Park Ave
Davenport, IA
Case # 2005-24862
July 24, 2005
Unidentified White Male
Unidentified White Male
40-45 YOA
Des Moines River
Polk County, IA
October 25, 2005

Annamarie Rittman
46 YOA
Lowe’s Parking Lot
Altoona, IA
Polk County
December 27, 2005

Debra Barajas-Gutierrez
44 YOA
Pacific Junction, IA
Mills County
May 25, 2006
Brianne Smith
Brianne Smith
25 YOA
Glenwood, IA
Mills County
June 10, 2006
Anthony Posley
Anthony Posley
22 YOA
1600 Blk Sixth Ave SE
Cedar Rapids, IA
Linn County
July 23, 2006
Dorothy Rose
Dorothy Jenine Rose
43 YOA
206 12th St. SE
Cedar Rapids, IA
Linn County
November 25, 2006

Robert Hatcher
38 YOA
Iowa Riverfront Trail
Council Bluffs, IA
Pottawattamie County
March 8, 2007
Dennis First
Dennis First
64 YOA
2249 C St. SW #5
Cedar Rapids, IA
Linn County
May 11, 2007
Mark Lee Snopek
Mark Snopek
53 YOA
County Road R18
(L Ave.)
Rural Boone County
August 8, 2007
Earl Thelander
Earl Thelander
80 YOA
Onawa, IA
Monona County
Case # 07-SO0855
Crime Date: 8/28/07
DOD: 9/01/07

Aaron Marr
37 YOA
210 S. Second St.
Ames, IA
Story County
September 22, 2007
Robert Bates
Robert Bruce “Kip” Bates III
39 YOA
Carter Lake
Pottawattamie County
September 27, 2007
Isidro Gomez, Jr.
Isidro Gomez, Jr.
27 YOA
Funks Hill Rd
Muscatine County
Case #: 08-018648
December 17, 2007
Agnes Kennedy
Agnes Kennedy
51 YOA
1800 Blk W. 8th St.
Davenport, Iowa
Scott County
December 22, 2007

Chuck Deatsch, Jr.
52 YOA
17841 500th St.
Mystic, IA
Appanoose County
April 28, 2008
Margaret Feige
Margaret Feige
88 YOA
4030 N.W. First St.
Saylor Township
Polk County, IA
May 22, 2008

Aubrey Young
35 YOA
200 blk, 16th St. SE
Cedar Rapids, IA
Linn County
June 15, 2008
Hazel Reimann
Hazel Reimann
87 YOA
131 S.E. Watrous Ave.
Des Moines, IA
Polk County
September 2, 2008
Alysia Kay Marburger
Alysia Marburger
27 YOA
Rock Creek Cabins
Camanche, IA
Clinton County
October 10, 2008
Brandy Ratliff
Brandy Ratliff, Jr.
31 YOA
1608 E. Capitol Ave
Des Moines, IA
Polk County
October 19, 2008

Pamela C. Shadle
48 YOA
201 4th St. S.
Dakota City, IA
Humboldt County
January 14, 2009

Taveros Galloway
29 YOA
500 blk Courtland
Waterloo, IA
Black Hawk County
February 10, 2009
Jared Parks
Jared Parks
18 YOA
Interstate 35/80
Urbandale, IA
Polk County
May 11, 2009

Dominique Mosby
22 YOA
Cedarwood Hills Apts.
2030 Glass Rd NE #105
Cedar Rapids, IA
June 26, 2009
Mark Koster
Mark E. Koster
58 YOA
610 N. 5th St.
Sac City, IA
Sac County
July 4, 2009 
Holly Durben
Holly Rae Durben
29 YOA
Shenandoah, IA
Fremont County
July 18, 2009

John M. Parham, Jr.
58 YOA
413 Ricker St.
Waterloo, IA
Black Hawk County
June 24, 2010

Rodricus Echols Jones
23 YOA
912 Broadway St.
Waterloo, IA
Black Hawk County
September 12, 2010

Manuel Ramirez
6 YOA
1417 Virginia St.
Sioux City, IA
Woodbury County
March 7, 2011
Ashley Okland
Ashley Okland
27 YOA
558 Stone Creek Court
West Des Moines
Polk County
April 8, 2011

Tony “T-Bone” Canfield
52 YOA
1401 George St.
Sioux City, IA
Woodbury County
May 1, 2011

Jackie Douthart
24 YOA
Old Highway 34
Mount Pleasant, IA
Henry County
May 22, 2011
Dexter Meeks
Dexter Lashun Meeks
22 YOA
211 15th St. SE
Cedar Rapids, IA
Linn County
June 26, 2011
Brandyn Preston
Brandyn Preston
19 YOA
1101 10th Ave.
Fort Dodge, IA
Crime Date May 8, 2011
DOD Jan. 22, 2012
Bill and Kay Wood
James “Bill” Wood
79 YOA
2698 Hwy R-63
Norwalk, IA
Warren County
July 30, 2011

Marion Harris
32 YOA
Courtside Bar & Grill
1014 E. 14th St.
Des Moines, IA
October 9, 2011

Martavious Johnson
17 YOA
500 block Sumner St.
Waterloo, IA
January 5, 2012

Elizabeth Collins
Age at Report: 8
Disappeared from
Evansdale July 13, 2012
Found in Bremer County Dec. 5, 2012

Lyric Cook
Age at Report: 10
Disappeared from
Evansdale July 13, 2012
Found in Bremer County Dec. 5, 2012

Carl “Kenny” Gallmeyer
70 YOA
1091 240th St.
Nashua, IA
Chickasaw County
October 4, 2012

Nicholas “Nick” White
20 YOA
1511 29th St.
Des Moines, IA
November 26, 2012

Shantorio V. Evans
22 YOA
1600 Blk of Broadway
Waterloo, IA
December 2, 2012

Rashad Adair, Sr.
31 YOA
1410 Washington Ave.
Des Moines, IA
December 7, 2012

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