We Remember … Upcoming Anniversaries
We remember cold case anniversaries and birthdays the victims would have celebrated.
Paul J. Rayer
51 YOA
Club 64 Restaurant
Council Bluffs, IA
Case # 67-01188
December 5, 1967
John L. Stephens
32 YOA
Club 64 Restaurant
Council Bluffs, IA
Case # 67-01188
December 5, 1967
Double Homicide
Elizabeth Collins, 8
Disappeared from
Evansdale July 13, 2012
Found in Bremer County December 5, 2012
Double Homicide
Lyric Cook, 10
Disappeared from
Evansdale July 13, 2012
Found in Bremer County December 5, 2012
Theodore Hoerstman
Age at Report: 45
Missing From:
Dubuque, IA
Missing Since:
December 6, 1982
Rashad Adair, Sr.
31 YOA
1410 Washington Ave.
Des Moines, IA
Case # 12-38444
December 6, 2012
Thaddeus Mitchell
44 YOA
St. Joseph & 20th
Des Moines, IA
Polk County
December 7, 1922
Lowell Stumo
48 YOA
Northwood, IA
Worth County
Case # 97-13243
December 7, 1997
Connie Ruddy, 21
305 Burns St.
Ida Grove, Iowa
DOD: Feb. 10, 1997
Would have celebrated 50th birthday December 8
Kevin Clark
26 YOA
1514 Villa Avenue
Sioux City, IA
Woodbury County
December 8, 1991
Gladys D. Held, 83
Killed at Walnut Court
Retirement home
Apt. 32
Waterloo, IA
December 8, 1993
Ruben Lara, Jr.
40 YOA
Highway 218
Waterloo, IA
Black Hawk County
December 8, 2000
Floyd Cramer
612 14th St.
Des Moines, IA
Polk County
Case # 1960-14495
December 9, 1960
Paul Brule, 30
2218 Sixth Ave.
Council Bluffs, IA
Killed July 25, 1998
Would have celebrated 58th birthday December 9
Lisa Peak, 19
One quarter mile north of Waverly, IA
Killed Sept. 7, 1976
Would have celebrated 69th birthday Dec. 10
Jacob “Jake” Biretz
87 YOA
311 Lafayette St., Apt. B
Waterloo, IA
Black Hawk County
December 10, 1993
John Rude
51 YOA
2500 Blk of Madison
Davenport, IA
Scott County
December 11, 1974
John Johnson
Age at Report: 71
Reported Missing to:
Des Moines PD
Endangered/physical
December 11, 1996
