Case Summaries
The list below includes the names of all Iowa cold case victims of which we are aware, with links to individual case summary pages already written or in progress. The list is ongoing and not yet inclusive of all Iowa cold cases, though we continue to add names as we are notified of other open cases.
Many hours, and sometimes days or weeks, often go into fully researching and then writing these summaries. Our research and sources range from local law enforcement agencies to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation as well as newspaper and other archives and interviews with victims’ family members and friends.
If you know of a case not listed here or have information you’d like included with an existing page, please contact us with details and, if at all possible, scanned photos.
Permission to reprint a case summary — for online purposes or in print — may be obtained by writing us and including in your letter the victim’s name, how the article will be used, and the publication name/website address where you plan to use it.
Cases are alphabetized by the victim’s first name.
- Aaron Marr
- Aaron M. Pate
- Adam Michael Lack
- Adrian Reuwsaat
- Adriel Ward
- Agnes Kennedy
- Alex Bullerman
- Alexander Torres Sauceda
- Alfred Allen
- Alice Mae Van Alstine
- Alicia M. Hummel
- Allen F. Shoemaker
- Alonzo “Lon” Beghtel
- Alonzo Quinn
- Alta Marie Braun
- Alysia Kay Marburger — SOLVED
- Amber Marie Hayes
- Amos Jellison
- Andrew Hatges
- Angel Herrera
- Angela Marie Altman
- Angela Renee Buck
- Angela Hennes — SOLVED
- Anna Maria Medici
- Anna T. Miller (1978)
- Anna Wiese
- Annamarie Rittman
- Anthony Evans
- Anthony Posley
- Anthony Williams
- Arlys Darlene Ponce
- Arnold Sansgaard
- Arthur L. Ransford
- Ashley Okland
- Ashley Downing
- Aubrey Young
- Audrey Dill
- Bambi Lynn Dick
- Barbara K. “Barb” Brim
- Barbara L. Elms
- Barbara Lenz
- Barbara Perry
- Becky Lawless
- Becky Palmer
- Benjamin Roseland
- Bernadene Sealine
- Bertha Mae Foy
- Beth Ricketts
- Betty Swetnam
- Bill and Kay Wood
- Billy Lee Clark
- Billy Pruin
- Bonnie J. Callahan — SOLVED
- Boyd George Novinger
- Brandy Ratliff, Jr.
- Brandy Shepherd
- Brandyn Preston — SOLVED
- Breiton S. Ackerman
- Brian Richard Blachut
- Brian M. Burns
- Brian Dietrich
- Brian Schappert — SOLVED
- Brianne Smith
- Brenda Ann Dailey
- Bryan A. Howser
- Bryan Pence
- Cainnan Gates
- Calvin M. Rash
- Camille Njus
- Cari L. Farver — SOLVED
- Carl Anthony Brunen
- Carl “Ken” Gallmeyer
- Cartha “Jack” Pearson
- Cathy Stickley — SOLVED
- Cecil DuBois
- Cecil Travis Gaddy
- Cecil Earl Paris
- Celestina Payano
- Chad James Schwab
- Chad William White
- Charles Elmquist
- Charles Englehart
- Charles Gearhart
- Charles (Pat) Leroy Hines
- Charles Jaeger
- Charles “Binx” Netherland
- Charles Albert Plucar
- Charles Sanders
- Christopher George Axiotis
- Christopher Stewart
- Christy “Chris” Connor
- Chuck Deatsch
- Clara Schiele
- Clarence Case
- Cody James
- Colleen Simpson
- Colleen Wright
- Connie Jo Choate Bodensteiner
- Connie Ruddy
- Cora Ann Okonski — SOLVED
- Cordell Kirby
- Corey Poffenberger
- Corey Wieneke — SOLVED
- Corinne Elaine Perry
- Craig Allen Petersen
- Crystal Ann Arensdorf
- Crystal Sue Hunt
- Cyrus “C.J.” Hicks
- Dale Redman
- Dale R. Robinson
- Dale Strassburger
- Daniel J. Andersen
- Daniel E. Hieber
- Danny Baker
- Dariusz “Darek” Szczeponek
- Darleen Fitchett
- Darnell Lee
- Darrell De’Shaye Lanier
- Darrell Lewis
- David Marchan
- David Morris
- David Redowl
- David Shumpert
- Dawn Allen
- Debbie Laubenthal
- Debra Ann Barajas-Gutierrez
- Demetrius Allen
- Denease Latham
- Denelius Nesby
- Denise Diane Eberly
- Denise Fraley
- Dennis Addlesberger
- Dennis Chaffee
- Dennis Michael Clougherty
- Dennis Lee First
- Dennis Moore
- Dennis Stastny
- Dennis Dean Strable
- Dennis Dwaine Washburn
- Dennison Stookesberry
- Dexter Meeks — SOLVED
- Diane Courbat
- Diane Martin
- Diane Marie Schofield
- Dillon Luna
- Dixie Lynne Eberly
- Dolores A. Hornung
- Dominique Mosby
- Don Graspy
- Donald Hebert
- Don Jeys
- Donald Murphy
- Donald Nervig
- Donald E. Preston — SOLVED
- Donna Sue Davis
- Donna Lee Marshall
- Dorothy Ruth Coon
- Dorothy H. Miller
- Dorothy Jenine Rose
- Douglas A. Nielsen
- Douglas James “D.J.” Shondel II
- Du’Jor S. Simpson
- Dung Kim Truong
- Dwane Roy Dreher
- Earl Hamilton
- Earl Lambert
- Earl Thelander
- Edward Hickson
- Edward Kriz
- Edward M. Leeney
- Edward A. Schmidt
- Edward R. Uhlenhopp
- Edwin H. Jacobs
- Effie Bell
- Elaine Konecne
- Elgin Hobert Strait
- Elizabeth Collins
- Elizabeth Syperda — SOLVED
- Emanuel Burgs II
- Emma S. Lewis
- Eric Jones
- Eric Scott Redinbo
- Erin Pospisil
- Ernest William “Billy” Isom
- Ernest Lilly
- Ethan Bert Kazmerzak
- Eugene W. Martin
- Eugenio Garcia
- Evelyn Miller — SOLVED
- Evelyn Resh
- Ewald Emil Bandixen
- Felicitas Terrill
- Floyd Alborn
- Floyd Cramer
- Frances Bloomfield — SOLVED
- Francis F. Jordon, Sr.
- Francis J. Rafferty
- Frank Eckels
- Frank Goff
- Frank Searaway
- Frankie Lee Capps
- Frederick L. Coste
- Fred Barton Sanders
- Fred P. Widmann
- Fredrick Dewayne Webber
- Fredrick Workman
- Freta Bostic Isom
- Gary L. Counts
- Gary Harker
- Gary Lack
- Gary Eugene Sebek
- Gene Williamson
- George Earl Dean
- George Geary
- George C. Haddock
- George R. Keller
- George Leonard
- George James Massouris
- George Mattern
- Gerald Best
- Geraldine Lempke Maggert
- Geralyn Jean Kean
- Gladys D. Held
- Glenn Turner
- Gloria Fay Slump
- Goldie Huntbach — SOLVED
- Graciela (Grace) Esquivel
- Gregory N. Dickey
- Gregory Dunbar
- Gregory Howell
- Greg Nepstad Apartment Fire
- Greg Walker
- Gregg Nimmo
- Gustavo Cruz
- Guy Heckle
- Harland Shuey
- Harold O. Doerring
- Harold Holt
- Harry Milligan
- Hazel Reimann
- Helen Mae Bown
- Helen Kelly
- Helen Morrow
- Henry Chavis
- Henry Hults
- Henry Juchems
- Henry Nurre
- Hilda Fletcher
- Holly Rae Durben — SOLVED
- Hulda Emma Fischer
- Humberto Cortez
- Ila Mae Clark
- Isidro Gomez
- Jackie Douthart
- Jackie Shireman
- Jacob “Jake” Biretz
- Jacob Neibert
- Jake Wilson
- Jamar Magett
- Jamedia Hines
- James Bailey
- James “Jim Bob” Booher — SOLVED
- James Chamberlain
- James A. Harsch
- James Charles Huff, Jr.
- James Wesley “Jimmy” Morris
- James Clark Nicoll
- James Poggemiller
- James Remakel — SOLVED
- Jane Wakefield
- Janet LaFratte
- Janet Taylor
- Jared Parks
- Jason Smith
- Jay Grahlman
- Jaymie Grahlman
- Jeannie E. Hernandez
- Jeffery “Jo-Jo” Zolliecoffer
- Jeffrey Deaver
- Jeremy Spencer
- Jerry Cooper
- Jesse James Hanni
- Jesse Leopold
- Jesse NimajaPol
- Jimmy Bremmers
- Joan Marie Haggar
- Jodi Huisentruit
- Joe Junior Floyd
- John P. Adams, Jr.
- Johnie Clinton
- John Steven Conaway
- John Clifton Downey
- John Lee Erickson
- John Franklin
- John R. Green
- John Robert Hill
- John Hossack
- John Jeffery
- John Johnson
- John Marvin Parham, Jr.
- John Albert Rose
- John Rude
- John Shuey
- John Snyder Jr. — SOLVED (suspect acquitted despite DNA)
- John L. Stephens
- John Taylor
- Johnetta Jackson
- Johnita Clemons
- Johnny Gosch
- Johnny Joe Shields
- Jorge “Louie” Gutierrez
- Joseph Kaschmitter
- Joseph E. Payne
- Joseph Riche
- Josh Wellman
- Josh Yoder
- Jovontia Jones
- Joyce Jefferson
- Juanita L. Lagrone
- Judith Haeker
- Judith Pleas
- Judith Reed
- Judith Weeks — SOLVED
- Judy Ann Corbin
- Julie Ann Benning
- Julie Davis
- Justin M. Dollen
- Justin Hook, Jr. — SOLVED
- Kaiden Estling — SOLVED
- Karen Christensen
- Karen Theresa Streed
- Karla J. Hartkemeyer
- Kathleen Holliday
- Kathleen Stith
- Kay and Bill Wood
- Keara Coshow
- Keith Clayborne, II
- Kenneth Bouzard
- Kenneth Harker
- Kenny Joe Johnson
- Kevin Clark
- Kevin Griebel
- Kevin Jack
- Kevin Morse
- KeyOntrae Miles
- Kimberly Doss
- Kimberly Loose
- Kimberly Ratliff
- Kristine Mitchell
- Ky Van Luong
- L.C. Matlock
- Lana J. Anderson
- Lance DeWoody — SOLVED
- Larry Odell Martin
- Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada — SOLVED
- Larry Wells
- Laura Van Wyhe
- Layne E. Schneider
- Lee Allan Rolfe
- Lee Rotatori — SOLVED
- Leland Harris
- Leo Joseph Smith
- Leon Groves
- Leonard Blair
- Leota Camp
- Leroy Gordon III
- Lewis Glenn
- Lillian Randolph
- Linda Mayfield
- Linn Allen Snyder
- Lisa McCuddin
- Lisa Elaine Miller
- Lisa Peak
- Lisa Ann Vander Esch
- Lloyd John Patrick
- Lois Arlene Bradley
- Louis H. Chambers, Jr.
- Louis Dale Reed, Sr.
- Louise Cruise
- Lowell Stumo
- Lucia Chilel Perez
- Lucile (aka Lucille) Bacher
- Lucille Elaine DeVries
- Lyman Samuel Elledge
- Lynn Schuller
- Lyric Cook
- Mamie Sime
- Manuel Ramirez
- Marc James-Warren Allen
- Marcus Hampton
- Margaret Feige
- Margaret Treese
- Maria Ybanez
- Mariana Redrovan
- Marion Harris
- Mark Atkins
- Mark E. Green
- Mark E. Koster — SOLVED
- Mark Snopek
- Marlene Padfield
- Marlon T. Barber, Jr.
- Marquavion Brown
- Martavious Taveros Johnson
- Martavious DeShaun Robinson
- Martha D. Erickson
- Martha Kistenmacher
- Marvin Brandland
- Mary Ann Green
- Mary Jayne Jones — SOLVED
- Mary Bernice Lange
- Mary Ann Scovel
- Mary K. Senne
- Massie Pittman
- Matt Pusateri
- Matthew Adam Carter
- Matthew Ferris
- Matthew John Owen
- Matthew Joel Rice
- Mattie Zabel
- Maureen Farley — SOLVED
- Maurice Kneifl
- Melisa Lynn Gregory — SOLVED
- Melissa Hasley
- Melvin R. Adams
- Melvin James (Regan) Gallagher
- Melvin Price
- Mervin L. Walvatne
- Micalla Rettinger
- Michael Anderson
- Michael Jerome Booth
- Michael Edward Carr
- Michael J. Delaney
- Michael W. Reed
- Michelle Franklin
- Michelle Martinko — SOLVED
- Miguel Vasquez
- Mikaela Bond Hill
- Mildred Clemenson
- Mohama Samsoudina Baba
- Morris Wright
- Myrtle Underwood Cook
- Myrtle Z. Cumpston
- Naomi Wilson
- Nathan Messer — SOLVED
- Nathaniel Carnagy
- Neal Townsend
- Nels P. Louvring
- Nelson Alvarez-Hernandez — SOLVED
- Nicholas “Nick” David White
- Norma Jean Horgen
- Norman Carroll Gant Jr.
- Norma Maynard
- Pamela Carter
- Pamela Hinrichs
- Pamela Shadle
- Pansy Turnbull
- Patricia Jauron
- Patricia Veach
- Paul Michael Brule
- Paul Knockel
- Paul J. Rayer
- Paul Allen Scheel
- Paula Oberbroeckling
- Peggy Cottrell
- Pennye Watson
- Phil Terrell
- Pitt McClellan Doxie
- Rafael Robinson
- Ramona Jean Cox
- Randy Dawson
- Rashad Adair, Sr.
- Raul Camacho
- Raymond L. March Jr.
- Raymond Henkins
- Reginald R. Bryan Jr.
- Rhiannon Olsen
- Rhonda Anette Knutson
- Ricardo J. Pimentel
- Riccardo R. Bowers
- Richard B. Buchanan
- Richard Forsyth
- Rick Lynne Davis
- Ricky Neal Morehouse, III
- Rita J. Papakee
- Robert Bruce “Kip” Bates III
- Robert M. Clary
- Robert Furnish
- Robert Hatcher
- Robert Huntbach — SOLVED
- Robert Lee Kellar
- Robert Bryan McMahon — SOLVED
- Robert Lee Ruby
- Robert D. “Bob” Scott
- Roberta “Bobbi” Crawford
- Rodney J. Olsen
- Rodricus Echols Jones
- Rodrigo Duran
- Roger Atkison
- Roger Alan Brown
- Roger Dean Hill
- Roger Thomas Joynt
- Roger Warren
- Ronald F. Lipsius
- Ronald Lee Novak
- Ronald E. Westwick
- Ronald Leroy Zellmer
- Ronette Peterson
- Roscoe D. Harris
- Rose Burkert
- Rose Grandanette
- Ross McConnell
- Roy Madison
- Ruben Lara Jr.
- Ruth Kingery-Pohlmeier
- Ryan Fulkerson
- Rylee M. Gray
- Sandra Dee Kinney
- Sandra Jo Pittman
- Sandra S. Vanderhoef
- Sarah Lee Link — SOLVED
- Sarah Marie Tenery Nitcher
- Sarah Ann Ottens
- Scott Althoff
- Scott Allan Perez Sr.
- Scott M. Tompkins
- Seth Anderson — SOLVED
- Shane Alex Lass
- Shantorio V. Evans
- Shawn Michael North
- Shawna Johnson
- Sheila Jean Collins
- Sherrie Lee Martin
- Shirley D. Carter — SOLVED
- Sidney Edward Johnston
- Stanley “Mike” Golinsky — SOLVED
- Stephen Kim
- Steven M. Babka
- Steven F. Barrette
- Steven Joseph Fisher — SOLVED
- Steven Gardner
- Steven Wesley Graves, Jr.
- Steven Kirchhoff
- Steven Leasure
- Susan Hagen
- Susan Kersten — SOLVED
- Tamara Lynn Lass
- Tammy Rachel Nitcher
- Tammy Zywicki
- Taveros “Dino” DeShaun Galloway
- Terence Currington
- Terri McCauley
- Terry Vanden Hull
- Terry Leon Johnston
- Terry Lee Page
- Thaddeus Mitchell
- Thecla Gerken
- Theodore Hoerstman
- Thomas DeWayne Adkins
- Thomas Myles Dougherty
- Timothy C. Earney
- Timothy Friedel
- Tina Marie Lade — SOLVED
- Tom Mather
- Tommy Lee McConkey
- Tommy Morris
- Tony Ray “T-Bone” Canfield — SOLVED
- Traci Evenson
- Trey Leon Lee
- Tyrese Parson
- Tyrone Gilbert
- Unidentified White Male Infant: Tama County, June 11, 1952
- Unidentified White Male Infant: Polk County, Dec. 12, 1953
- Unidentified White Male: Fremont County, May 26, 1966
- Unidentified Black Female: Clinton County 1975
- Unidentified Female, Des Moines River, Found May 26, 1980
- Unidentified newborn infant, found in Story County March 13, 1983
- Unidentified White Male: Des Moines, Feb. 28, 1984 — IDENTIFIED
- Unidentified White Male: Sioux City 1986
- Unidentified White Male: Winneshiek County 1986
- Unidentified WM: Woodbury County, Est. DOD 1971-73, body found Aug. 30, 1988
- Unidentified WM Baby John Doe: Iowa City, Dec. 21, 1992
- Unidentified Baby Boy Doe, Storm Lake, IA, October 1995
- Unidentified Baby Jane (Doe) Lincoln: Lisbon, IA, Nov. 10, 1996
- Unidentified Baby John Doe (A Child of God), Buena Vista County, May 30, 2002
- Unidentified skull found in Vinton (Benton County), July 28, 1997
- Valerie Klossowsky
- Valerie Peterson
- Victor Robinson Jr.
- Victoria Lynne Martin
- Villisca Axe Murders
- Viola Findley
- Virgil P. Untied
- Virgil L. Wilcox
- Wanda Jean Morrow (AZ jurisdiction)
- Warren Swanson
- Wendel Clark
- Wilbur Brown
- Willard Charles Woodring
- William LeRoy Douglas, Sr.
- William N. Freimuth
- William Orson Hamilton, M.D.
- William Meadows
- William Rogers
- William Talbert
- William Thomas
- Willie Junior Brocks
- Willis J. Hughes
- Willie Ann Rucker
- Wilma June Nissen
- Yerlanin Garcia
- Yore Jieng
- Yvonne “Bonnie” Nicholson
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Why isnt Alex Micheal Bullerman’s case not on here ? Did they not even investigated more ?
Hailey, this is Carol Kean, filling in for Jody, who’s battling breast cancer. i’ll find out why the case isn’t posted here. “Gang related,” police say, but still no arrests or convictions. https://www.kcrg.com/content/news/2-people-injured-after-shooting-near-UNI–456810433.html
“Police say Alex Michael Bullerman died after a shooting in the 2300 block of Olive St. He is 18 and from Waterloo. Police found him in the backyard. One hour later they found Dylan Gehrke. He has been treated and released for a gunshot wound.” Apparently, Gehrke hasn’t been able to ID the shooters?
Hailey, I added a case summary page for Alex Bullerman on Nov. 5 about a week before the one-year anniversary of his death.
Thank you for remembering him! Jody at ICC
Wow, I used to live in that gray house showed in the video and pics referenced in the linked article when I was a student at UNI. That is literally one block from the NE corner and “The Hill” where the bars, etc. starts.
It’s very unfortunate. I certainly don’t recall any gang activity at the UNI campus – and I spent a lot of time on “The Hill’ back in the day.
Edit: “That is literally one block from the NE corner of the UNI campus and “The Hill” where the bars, etc. starts.