Davenport in Scott County, Iowa

Scott County in Iowa

Cold Cases in Davenport, Iowa

Homicide
Charles Englehart
70 YOA
700 block of Main Street
Davenport, IA
Scott County
September 22, 1935

Charles Englehart was struck twice in the head with a blunt object by an unknown assailant on Sunday evening, September 22, 1935, as the 70-year-old tried to exit his parked vehicle in a Davenport alley.

Homicide
Margaret Treese
“The Tattooed Lady”
34 YOA
Credit Island, Davenport
Scott County
September 30, 1947

On Tuesday morning, September 30, 1947, two men on their way to work at Credit Island Park in southwest Davenport discovered the body of 34-year-old Margaret Treese. She lay in tall grass 30 feet off the entrance road to the park and had been beaten, stabbed 19 times, and run over repeatedly with a car.

Lucile Bacher

Homicide
Lucile Bacher
43 YOA
Lincoln Avenue Pharmacy
Davenport, IA
Scott County
November 29, 1955

On Tuesday afternoon, November 29, 1955, Lucile Bacher (aka Lucille Bacher), 43, was killed in the prescription room of the Lincoln Avenue Pharmacy she and her 58-year-old pharmacist husband, Henry Charles Bacher, operated in Davenport, Iowa.

Clarence “Ray” Case

Homicide
Clarence Raymond “Ray” Case
62 YOA
Ray and Edith’s Travel Inn
1646 W. Locust Avenue
Davenport, IA
Scott County
Case # 1961-00273
February 16, 1961

Clarence “Ray” Case was found bludgeoned to death inside Ray and Edith’s Travel Inn at 1646 W. Locust Avenue in Davenport on February 16, 1961.

Homicide
Massie Pittman
36 YOA
621 N. Harrison
Davenport, IA
Scott County
February 17, 1969

Mrs. Massie Pittman, a Davenport tavern owner, was found slain in her home at 621 N. Harrison on February 17, 1969. Pittman was found in her bed with puncture wounds to her face, stomach and neck.

Judith Haecker

Homicide
Judith Haecker
18 YOA
202 East 15th St.
Davenport, IA
Scott County
Case No: 1971-10031
March 6, 1971

Judith Anne Haecker, an 18-year-old Palmer College student, was found dead in her Davenport home on Sunday, March 7, 1971. Scott County Medical Examiner Dr. Rollin Perkins determined the teen had been hit in the head with a blunt object and then strangled with enough force to break a small bone in her throat.

Don Jeys Sr.’s gravestone

Homicide
Don Jeys
64 YOA
700 block of West 5th Street
Davenport, IA
Scott County
February 18, 1972

Late on Friday, February 18, 1972, someone entered Don Jeys’ West Fifth Street Davenport apartment and shot him in the head at close range with a .32 or .38 caliber handgun.

Maria Ybanez

Homicide
Maria Ybanez
16 YOA
Davenport, IA
Scott County
Went Missing from Davenport: June 13, 1973
Remains Found in New Liberty: Nov. 5, 1977
Remains Identified: Jan. 24, 1979
Est. Date of Death: June 13, 1973

Sixteen-year-old Maria Ybanez went missing from Davenport, Iowa, on Wednesday, June 13, 1973. More than four years later, two pheasant hunters in New Liberty found her skeletal remains partly buried in a shallow grave, although the remains wouldn’t be matched to the missing girl until Jan. 24, 1979.

Homicide
John Gail Rude
51 YOA
2500 block of Madison
Davenport, IA
Scott County
December 11, 1974

On Saturday, December 14, 1974, Dorothy Rude returned to her Davenport home from an out-of-town trip and discovered her husband, John Gail Rude, dead in the basement. Rude had been shot with a small caliber weapon.

Frankie Capps

Homicide
Frankie Lee Capps
24 YOA
2903 W. 68th St.
Davenport, IA
Scott County
March 13, 1978

Frankie Lee Capps, a 24-year-old partner in the Capps Brothers Hawkeye Standard Service Station in Davenport, Iowa, was killed in his Davenport home by a shotgun blast to the forehead early on Monday, March 13, 1978.

Clara Schiele

Homicide
Clara Schiele
90 YOA
1416 Main Street
Davenport, IA
Scott County
August 3, 1978

At 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 3, 1978, 90-year-old Clara E. Schiele was mugged and pushed down while climbing the front steps to her Davenport home. She struck her head on the concrete steps and later died of a skull fracture and internal injuries.

Martha Kistenmacher

Homicide
Martha Kistenmacher
74 YOA
1308-1/2 Main Street
Davenport, IA
Scott County
Assaulted: November 4, 1978
Died: November 16, 1978

Martha Kistenmacher, 74, died Thursday, Nov. 16, 1978, nearly two weeks after being mugged outside her Davenport home on Saturday, Nov. 4, 1978.

Roger Warren

Homicide
Roger Warren
12 YOA
Mississippi River near Crescent Bridge
Davenport, IA
Scott County
August 19, 1979

Twelve-year-old Roger Warren was found in the Mississippi River near the Crescent Bridge in Davenport. He had been strangled.

Double Homicide
Cody James, 30 YOA
Gary Lee Harker, 30 YOA
Davenport, IA
Scott County
April 24, 1980

Cody Jones and Gary Harker disappeared on Christmas 1979. Four months later their bodies were found under debris in the bed of James’ pickup truck purchased at a Davenport Police auto auction.

Kimberly Doss

Missing Person
Kimberly S. Doss
Age at Report: 14 YOA
Date of Birth: Feb. 12, 1966
Height: 5’2″
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Incident Type: Involuntary disappearance
Missing From: Davenport, IA
Scott County
Case Number: 82-46115
Missing Since: March 24, 1980

Kimberly Doss was reported missing to the Davenport Police Department on March 24, 1980.

Bambi Lynn Dick

Homicide
Bambi Lynn Dick
17 YOA
Davenport, IA
Scott County
Disappeared from Davenport, Iowa, Sept. 29, 1983
“Jane Doe” found in Potter County, Texas, Oct. 8, 1983
“Jane Doe” DNA match made to Bambi Dick,
University of North Texas, March 26, 2009

Bambi Lynn Dick disappeared on September 29, 1983 after attending a Quiet Riot and Axe concert at Davenport’s Col Auditorium. On March 26, 2009, her remains were identified through a DNA match to a Jane Doe who’d been discovered in Amarillo, Texas, on October 8, 1983.

Double Homicide
John R. Green, 3 YOA,
and Mark E. Green, 18 mos.
1512 Belle Avenue
Davenport, IA
Scott County
Case #: 1984-10311
November 24, 1984

On Saturday, November 24, 1984 at about 12:30 p.m., an explosion occurred downstairs in the home where John Green, 3, and his 18-month-old brother Mark lived. A police officer was overcome by smoke while trying to rescue the boys. John Green died at the scene, and Mark died the following day.

Michael J. Anderson

Homicide
Michael Anderson
29 YOA
200 block of Warren
Davenport, IA
Scott County
November 30, 1987

Michael Anderson was found dead in the 200 block of Warren in Davenport on Nov. 30, 1987. He died the following day and officials then ruled his death a homicide.

Homicide
Alfred W. Allen
73 YOA
200 block of Warren
Davenport, IA
February 8, 1988

Alfred W. Allen, 73, was killed in his Davenport, Iowa apartment by a severe blow to the head on Monday, Feb. 8, 1988. Relatives suspected robbery as the motive.

Missing Person
Ricardo Jerome Pimentel
Age At Report: 39
DOB: Oct. 19, 1950
Weight: 160 lbs.
Height: 5’10″
Race: White
Sex: Male
Incident Type: Endangered / physical
Missing From: Davenport, IA
Scott County
Missing Since: December 19, 1989

Ricardo Pimentel was reported missing to the Davenport Police Department in Davenport, Iowa, on December 19, 1989.

Sidney Johnston

Missing Person, Presumed Deceased
Sidney Edward Johnston
Age at Report: 47
DOB: December 11, 1942
Incident Type: Involuntary disappearance
Missing From: Davenport, IA
Scott County
Missing Since: January 22, 1990

Sidney Johnston disappeared from Davenport after an altercation at his home with a young man and woman.

Homicide
KeyOntrae Miles
2 months old
318 Western Ave.
Davenport, IA
Scott County
January 22, 1994

KeyOntrae Miles died at his Davenport home on January 22, 1994 — the day he turned two months old.

Sandra Kinney

Homicide
Sandra Dee Kinney
33 YOA
Davenport, IA
Scott County
July 20, 1996

On Saturday, July 20, 1996, Sandra Dee “Sandy” Kinney was strangled in Davenport, Iowa, and thrown into the Mississippi River.

Raymond March Jr.

Homicide
Raymond L. March Jr.
23 YOA
1200 block of North Harrison
Davenport, IA
Scott County
June 20, 1998

Raymond L. “Little Raymond” March Jr., 23, was shot and killed outside Wilma’s Club in Davenport at 2 a.m. on Saturday, June 20, 1998.

Homicide
Roger Dean Hill
44 YOA
Home Residence: Davenport, Iowa
Went Missing: mid-1997
Crime Location: Muscatine, Iowa
Muscatine County
Remains Located in Davenport
Scott County, Iowa
October 12, 1999

Vietnam veteran Roger Dean Hill, a 44-year-old father of three, disappeared from Davenport, Iowa, in mid-1977. His remains, found wrapped in a plastic tarp, were discovered Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1999, outside Davenport’s city limits.

Yvonne Nicholson

Homicide
Yvonne “Bonnie” Nicholson
32 YOA
South Concord St.
Davenport, IA
Scott County
November 12, 2001

On Monday, November 12, 2001, at approximately 9:30 a.m., two construction workers driving along a slough on South Concord Street in Davenport discovered the body of 32-year-old Yvonne Nicholson of Rock Island, Illinois. Her body — clothed in a sweatshirt, shorts and socks — lay partially submerged in Mississippi River backwater near Credit Island about 75 feet from the road.

Kevin Jack’s headstone

Homicide
Kevin R. Jack
21 YOA
5700 blk of North Pine St.
Davenport, IA
Scott County
June 15, 2001

Kevin R. Jack, a pit crew member of the Andy Cook stock car racing team, died in a hit-and-run motor vehicle fatality in Davenport, Iowa, on Saturday, June 15, 2002.

Homicide
Lewis Glenn
28 YOA
1216 West 8th St.
Davenport, IA
Scott County
Case # 2002-31717
August 5, 2002

On Monday, August 5, 2002, at approximately 11:40 p.m., Lewis Glenn was shot and killed while in the parking lot of Zion Lutheran Church at 8th and Taylor in Davenport.

Jorge Gutierrez

Homicide
Jorge “Louie” Gutierrez
47 YOA
3400 block of South Concord
Davenport, IA
Scott County
October 19, 2004

Jorge “Louie” Gutierrez was found wrapped in a sleeping bag in the bed of his maroon 1983 Chevrolet pick-up truck in the early afternoon of October 19, 2004. Gutierrez died from blunt force trauma to the head.

Christy Connor

Homicide
Christy Joseph Connor
19 YOA
200 block of East Central Park
Davenport, IA
Scott County
Case #: 2005-24862
July 24, 2005

Chris Connor’s body was found in the trunk of an Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme parked in a driveway adjacent to 215 E. Central Park Avenue in Davenport.

Agnes Kennedy

Homicide
Agnes Kennedy
51 YOA
1800 Block of West 8th St.
Davenport, Iowa
Scott County
December 22, 2007

Agnes Kennedy was found murdered in the north alley of the 1800 block of West 8th Street in Davenport on December 22, 2007.

Michael Delaney

Missing Person
Michael James Delaney
Age at Report: 49
Missing From: Davenport, IA
Scott County
Missing Since: July 3, 2008

Michael Delaney was reported missing to the Davenport Police Department on July 3, 2008. Police considered Delaney’s disappearance as “very suspicious” because he lived with his 17-year-old daughter and maintained contact with her many times a day.

Missing Person
Leonard Blair
Age at Report: 20
Weight: 180 lbs.
Height: 5’09″
Race: Black
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Sex: Male
Incident Type: Endangered / physical
Missing From: Davenport, IA
Scott County
Missing Since: November 24, 2012

Leonard Blair, 20, was reported missing to the Davenport Police Department in Davenport, Iowa, on November 24, 2012. He was last seen wearing a black hoodie, a white t-shirt, black pants and black shoes.

Greg Dunbar

Suspicious Death
Gregory “Greg” Dunbar
35 YOA
Davenport apartment, 37th Street
Davenport, Iowa
Scott County
May 13, 2016

Gregory “Greg” Dunbar, 35, of Davenport was last seen alive May 8, 2016, and his body recovered from the Mississippi River near Buffalo on May 13. Dunbar lived in a Davenport apartment on 37th Street — at least four miles away from the river — and didn’t have a car. His mother said some residents at the apartment claimed her son had been beaten up a short time before he went missing.

Cainnan Gates

Homicide
Cainnan Gates
34 YOA
1000 block of West 8th St.
Davenport, Iowa
Scott County
June 7, 2017

Around 2:32 a.m. on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, Davenport Police were called for a report of a gunshot victim at a residence in the 1000 block of West 8th Street. When officers arrived on scene they found Cainnan Gates, age 34, had been murdered. This homicide is still unsolved. Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $2,500 for information that leads to an arrest. Call the tip line 309-762-9500. 

Homicide
Pierre H. Davis
25 YOA
100 block of West 55th St.
Davenport, Iowa
Scott County
August 5, 2017

Pierre H. Davis, 25, of Davenport, was shot and run over by a vehicle Aug. 5, 2017 in the 100 block of West 55th Street. No arrests have been made. 

Du’Jor Simpson

Homicide
Du’Jor S. Simpson
22 YOA
500 blk of W. 14th St.
Davenport, Iowa
Scott Scott
August 18, 2017

Du’Jor S. Simpson, a 22-year-old Davenport resident recently paroled from the Illinois Department of Corrections, was fatally shot Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, in the 500 block of West 14th Street in Davenport. 

Marcus Hampton

Homicide
Marcus A. Hampton
28 YOA
100 block of East 35th St.
Davenport, Iowa
Scott County
August 20, 2017

Marcus A. Hampton, 28, of Davenport, was fatally shot Aug. 20, 2017 in the 100 block of East 35th Street. No arrests have been made.

Angel Herrera

Homicide
Angel Herrera
17 YOA
1300 block of Warren St.
Davenport, Iowa
Scott County
January 26, 2018

On January 26, 2018, Davenport Police were called to the 1300 block of Warren Street and found that 17-year-old Angel Herrera had been shot. He was transported to the hospital where he died. On Wednesday, June 27, Angel would have turned 18 years old. 

Jovontia “Jovi” Jones

Homicide
Jovontia Antonio “Jovi” Jones
16 YOA
13th and Harrison Streets
Davenport, Iowa
Scott County
May 19, 2018

Jovontia Antonio “Jovi” Jones, 16, of Davenport, was struck by gunfire during a drive-by shooting in a convenience store parking lot on Saturday, May 19, 2018. He died in the hospital the following day.