Lorri Lynn Alexander
Lorri Lynn Alexander, 50, of Fort Dodge, Iowa, was found deceased in the early morning hours on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016, inside an empty apartment at the Cadwell Building in Fort Dodge.
Fort Dodge police and medical personnel found Alexander’s remains after a report of an unresponsive woman was called in to the Webster County Law Enforcement Center.
Fort Dodge in Webster CountyOfficials determined Alexander had died before their arrival.
The state medical examiner’s office ruled her death a homicide.
In a Messenger story dated Jan. 5, 2017, Fort Dodge Police Chief Kevin Doty said that while the death was ruled a homicide, exactly how the victim died would not be released at that time.
“She was in an empty apartment that was under renovation,” Doty said.
Doty said the homicide wasn’t believed to be a random event and said there was no threat to the community.
Additionally, Doty told the Messenger the case appeared unrelated to the recent shooting death of Donald Preston, 51, of Fort Dodge.
Preston’s body was found in a field southwest of Fort Dodge on Dec. 26, and his case also ruled a homicide.
“While they happened within a week of each other,” Doty said, “the investigators are saying they’re not (related).”
Preston was last seen by family in Fort Dodge on Dec. 22, according to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI).
His body was found in a field near a curve on Webster County Road P51.
Webster County sheriff’s deputies who investigated said it appeared that Preston had been in the field overnight.
Alexander’s death brings the number of homicides in Webster County to two for 2016.
Doty said the Fort Dodge Police Department is working closely with the DCI on Alexander’s case. The DCI is also assisting Webster County officials on Preston’s murder.
Chief Doty asked that anyone with information on Alexander’s activities or who may have seen her before Dec. 29 (2016) contact the Fort Dodge Police Department.
Anonymous tips can also be sent online at wccrimestoppers.com or by texting “LEC” and the tip to 274637.
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Anonymous tips may also be sent online at wccrimestoppers.com or by texting “LEC” and the tip to 274637.
Lorri Alexander, 50, of Fort Dodge, died December 29, 2016.
Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Thursday, January 5, 2017, at the Gunderson Funeral Chapel, with visitation held two hours before the service at Gunderson Funeral Home & Cremation Services.
Lorri Lynn (McNealey) Alexander was born on March 12, 1966. She attended Fort Dodge public school. Lorri was united in marriage for 14 years to Bryce Alexander Sr. and the couple later divorced. She was a caretaker and had a heart of gold, almost to a fault. To know her was to love her and to love her was to know the true meaning of frustration. Lorri was a “coal miner’s daughter” at heart and she will be missed greatly by all who loved her.
Those who will cherish her memory forever are her children; Bryce (Shandy) Alexander Jr., TessaJo Alexander (Tyler Lane), Blaze (Alex) Alexander, Hunter Alexander and River McNealey; her grandchildren Brayton, Keegan, Brynleigh, and one on the way; her mother Judy Lowe, her father Fred (Edna) McNealey; her siblings Fred McNealey, Holly Schunk, and Amy Yetmar.
Memorials may be left to the discretion of the family.
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