September 4, 2024
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird
(Courtesy Office of the Iowa Attorney General)
DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced that Scott Brown, the current chief of the Iowa Attorney General’s office’s Statewide Prosecutions Section, will serve as the prosecutor for the office’s new cold case unit, in addition to prosecuting cases for the office’s criminal division.
“Scott Brown is, hands down, the best prosecutor we could have asked for to lead prosecutions for our office’s new cold case unit,” said Attorney General Bird. “In his 27 years in the Attorney General’s office, he has proven that he is the most talented, experienced, and capable prosecutor for the job. With Scott’s help, our new cold case unit will work to seek justice for families and ensure that no murderer walks free.”
In this file photo, Scott Brown, an assistant Iowa attorney general, gives his opening statement during the first day of Michael Syperda’s first-degree murder trial May 1, 2018 at the Henry County District Court in Mount Pleasant. [The Hawk Eye File Photo]
“As a prosecutor, there is nothing more meaningful to me than ensuring justice is served and murderers are held accountable,” said Brown. “That is why I became a prosecutor, and it is why I am grateful to serve on Iowa’s cold case team to prosecute Iowa’s unsolved murders. I thank Attorney General Bird for the opportunity to serve Iowans in this new role.”
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We Remember … Upcoming Anniversaries
We remember cold case anniversaries and birthdays the victims would have celebrated.
Wendel Clark
30 YOA
10 blk of 4th Ave. NW
Fort Dodge, Iowa
Webster County
October 7, 2015
Lisa Elaine Miller
15 YOA
Sullivan Slough
Burlington, IA
Des Moines County
October 8, 1977
Arlys D. Ponce
42 YOA
Norwalk, IA
Warren County
Case # 97-10958
October 8, 1997
Double Homicide
Willard Woodring
42 YOA
Hawkeye Hotel Brothel
Keokuk, IA
October 9, 1960
Double Homicide
Richard Buchanan
49 YOA
Hawkeye Hotel Brothel
Keokuk, IA
October 9, 1960
Marion Harris, 32
Courtside Bar & Grill
1014 E. 14th St.
Des Moines, IA
Case # 11-33199
October 9, 2011
Lucille DeVries
22 YOA
Mason City, IA
Cerro Gordo County
Case # 63-00204
October 10, 1962
Kenny Joe Johnson
14 YOA
Maus Park
Dubuque, IA
DCI Case # 87-05013
October 10, 1987
Patrolman Fred Widmann
30 YOA
Mulberry & Lafayette
Waterloo, IA
Black Hawk County
October 11, 1908
Alexander Sauceda
23 YOA
Duck Creek Plaza
Bettendorf, IA
Scott County
October 11, 1973
Roger Dean Hill
44 YOA
Vietnam Vet
Davenport, IA
Scott County
October 12, 1999
Joseph E. Riche
Age at Report: 40
Reported Missing to:
Pottawattamie County
Missing Since:
October 12, 2012
