Ronald Zellmer

Ronald Zellmer (Courtesy Iowa Department of Public Safety)

Ronald Leroy Zellmer

Missing Person

Name: Ronald Leroy Zellmer
Age at Report:
31 YOA
DOB:
Oct. 2, 1953
Race: White
Weight:
170 lbs.
Height:
5’10”
Hair Color:
Dark Blond
Eye Color:
Blue
Incident Type:
Involuntary Disappearance
Missing from: Sioux City, IA
Woodbury County
Case #: F11222
NamUs MP #: 27744
NCIC Number:
M-318922147
Date Last Seen:
April 6, 1985

 
At approximately 5:50 a.m. on April 6, 1985, South Sioux City, Neb., police located a 1984 Chevy Cavalier, registered to a Ronald Zellmer, age 31, parked on the south end of the Veterans Memorial Bridge. The vehicle was left unattended with the motor running.

Sioux City Police were called to check Zellmer’s residence at 1003 Pierce Street, Apt. B-3, and found it empty with nothing unusual within the apartment.

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Later the following day, Ronald’s mother Lucille was asked to come to the Sioux City Police Station where she filed a missing persons report.

Ronald was described as a 5-foot-10 white male weighing 170 pounds, with blond hair and blue eyes. He may have a mustache.

The Iowa Department of Public Safety’s Missing Person Information Clearinghouse lists his status as an involuntary disappearance.

According to family members, Ronald Zellmer was very depressed and had suffered from depression for years. A search of the Missouri River proved unsuccessful in retrieving Zellmer’s body.

The case remains open.

Information Needed

If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Ronald Zellmer, please contact the Sioux City Police Department at 712-279-6960.

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4 Responses to Ronald Zellmer

  1. Joao says:

    Suicide or faking death

  2. Joao says:

    Excellent finding Sue. It is worth to check. The Police can check the missing report for his last wearing clothes description to match those of 2UMIA. However, it seems police treated this unknown white male as a drifter – “The individual may have been traveling from Ohio to California. He had a one dollar bill, pink blanket and a match book in his possession.”

  3. Sue Herman says:

    Does the DOE Network automatically cross reference the Iowa Missing Persons and Cold Case databases and vice versa? I saw one DOE case where they list who it is not ( Not Jodi Huesintraut (sp.?) specifically), but do they all do that? Case 2UMIA seems to fit this one..

  4. Joao says:

    Sounds suicide to me.

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