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Woodbury County in Iowa
Sioux City in Woodbury CountyMrs. Hilda Fletcher
Homicide
Hilda Fletcher
53 YOA
Sioux City, IA
Woodbury County
December 15, 1958
Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing
Hilda Fletcher was found beneath a blood-splattered bed in her Sioux City, Iowa, home on December 15, 1958.
Courtesy Mason City Globe-Gazette, Dec. 16, 1958
The 53-year-old died of a brain hemorrhage and her body had sustained numerous bruises.
In a Mason City Globe-Gazette article dated Dec. 16, 1958, neighbor William Jackson, 80, told police he found Mrs. Fletcher’s body after barking dogs drew his attention to her home. Jackson said he and Fletcher were close friends and that he had a duplicate set of keys to her house.
Fletcher, he said, lived alone and was a diabetic.
Woodbury County Coroner Dr. Thomas Coriden said Fletcher died of a brain hemorrhage.
According to a Cedar Rapids Gazette article dated May 26, 1965, the county medical examiner never officially called Mrs. Fletcher’s death a murder, but said she was listed as a murder victim on police records. The article also cited the number of abrasions and contusions over much of Fletcher’s body.
Information Needed:
If you have any information about Hilda Fletcher’s unsolved murder please contact the Sioux City Police Department at 712-279-6440.
Sources:
- “Unsolved Slayings Climbing in Iowa,” by Pat Curran, The Cedar Rapids Gazette, May 26, 1965
- Hilda Fletcher (1905 – 1958) — Find a Grave Memorial
- “Unsolved Iowa Murders Defy All Probe Efforts,” by Pat Curran, The Centerville Iowegian, May 26, 1965
- “Killings Go Unsolved: Who Were Their Killers?” by Pat Curran, Mason City Globe-Gazette, May 26, 1965
- “Foul Play Hinted in Sioux City Woman’s Death,” Mason City Globe-Gazette, Dec. 16, 1958
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We’re their any signs of a struggle?
She was beaten to death so I’m sure she would have struggled with her attacker.
I wonder if she has his/her blood under her finger nails?!
Praying the killer is brought to justice!
Amen! I agree with Diana Wilson.
Interesting. I remember the doctor’s name. Was too young to remember the incident. I hope this gets solved.
May be a dumb question but, is there anyway that this case could be connected to Donna Sue Davis’s murder???
CRC, there’s no such thing as a dumb question. And, though both Hilda Fletcher and Donna Sue Davis both lived in Sioux City, I’m not aware of any other connections between their murders. Donna Sue’s suspected killer preyed more on young children.