Webster County in Iowa

Webster County in Iowa

Fort Dodge in Webster County

Fort Dodge in Webster County

Cold Cases in Fort Dodge, Iowa

 

 

 

 

 

Homicide
William Freimuth
71 YOA
Case # 61-00355
Fawkes Standard Service Station
Highway 20
Fort Dodge, Iowa
Webster County
February 16, 1961

William Freimuth, a 71-year-old Fort Dodge gas station attendant, was shot in the back of the head around 9 p.m. on Thursday, February 16, 1961, by an assailant who took $140 from the cash register.


Angela Altman (right) with daughter Jessica

Angela Altman (right) with daughter Jessica

Homicide
Angela Marie Altman
22 YOA
215 S. 7th Street
Fort Dodge, IA
Webster County
Case # 81-00528
January 24, 1981

Twenty-two-year-old Angela Marie Altman was found dead on the kitchen floor of her Fort Dodge home by her sister on Saturday afternoon, January 24, 1981. Also found inside the residence was Angela’s 4-year-old daughter, Jessica Marie, who was unharmed.


Marvin Brandland

Marvin Brandland

Homicide
Marvin C. Brandland
69 YOA
2220 Ninth Ave. South
Fort Dodge, IA
Webster County
Case # 82-05814
October 30, 1982

On October 30, 1982, Marvin Brandland, 69, was confronted at his Fort Dodge, Iowa, home by a masked “trick-or-treater” brandishing a gun who said “Trick or treat. Give me your money or I’ll shoot.” Believing it was a Halloween prank, Brandland reached for the gun and was shot by the masked man.


Sandra Vanderhoef

Sandra Vanderhoef

Missing Person
Sandra S. Vanderhoef
Age at Report: 42
Missing From Fort Dodge, IA
Webster County
Missing Since: September 22, 1986

Sandra Vanderhoef was reported missing to the Webster County Sheriff’s Office in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on September 22, 1986.

 


Bertha Mae Foy: 1969-1987

Homicide
Bertha Mae Foy
18 YOA
Fort Dodge, IA
Webster County
August 9, 1987

Bertha Mae Foy was killed in Fort Dodge on August 9, 1987. Two men were questioned in her murder, but neither were ever charged.

 


Lisa McCuddin

Lisa McCuddin

Homicide
Lisa Ann McCuddin
23 YOA
Fort Dodge, IA
Webster County
October 2, 2004

On October 2, 2004, Lisa Ann McCuddin was shot and killed while riding as a passenger in a vehicle on its way to a Fort Dodge, Iowa, motel. Officials initially were called to Trinity Regional Medical Center in Fort Dodge where a man had gone after reporting being shot at the Holiday Inn. But when police got to the Holiday Inn to investigate the shooting, a car pulled into the parking lot driven by a man who said he and a female passenger had just been shot while driving to the hotel.


Gregory Howell

Gregory Howell

Missing Person/Suspected Homicide
Gregory J. Howell
Age at Report: 44
Missing From: Fort Dodge, IA
Webster County
Missing Since: January 1, 2005

Gregory Howell was reported missing to the Fort Dodge Police Department on New Year’s Day 2005. Officials and family members suspect he was killed over a drug deal.

 


Wendel Clark

Wendel Clark

Homicide
Wendel Clark
30 YOA
10 block of Fourth Ave. NW
Fort Dodge, IA
October 7, 2015

Wendel Clark, 30, of Fort Dodge, Iowa, died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, of two gunshot wounds after being shot in the driver’s seat of his car about a block from his home.

The state medical examiner’s office ruled his death a homicide.


Don Preston

Donald Preston

Homicide — Arrest Made
Donald E. Preston
51 YOA
Found in farm field
Fort Dodge, IA
Webster County
December 26, 2016

Donald Edward Preston, 51, had been missing for two weeks when his body was found in a rural farm field southwest of Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Monday, Dec. 26, 2016. Preston had been shot, and the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner ruled the manner of death as homicide.

Christopher Todd Johnson, 49, of Cedar Rapids, was arrest Feb. 2, 2023, and charged with first-degree murder in Preston’s death.

5 Responses to Fort Dodge

  1. Holman says:

    There is a whole lot of unsolved murders that are not even listed…I want their families to have closure and these “supposed to be a cop” have taken no time in arrest people who do drugs without a hint of searching for facts but they can’t even be honest with our community that they don’t have the guts to say there is murders that are not listed and it’s awfully funny that they want to help the community then why are they hideing behind their badges and be on the take and labeled everything as drug related and has SNITCHES that are guilty and let them get away with being involved in the murders because of being a SNITCH, I have never seen cops like Fort Dodge cops in any other town…..all I can say is Good Bless to the families that are still suffering

  2. Shelly Read says:

    How are government in Fort dodge iowa, can’t solve cases, locking up innocent, it’s a prejudice movement against the dead population!! They to busy taking money, not improving the community…!!! Living in mansion, pushing their authority in the wrong way in Iowa….

  3. Shelly Read says:

    Angela Marie Altman, was this the lady that lived across the old faraway store, in a white house, her boyfriend/ husband told her he would be right back, she responded yes..!!

    • Shelly Read says:

      Mrs, Altman was alive when her boyfriend/ husband was walking toward the flats. I always wondered what happened to this case.?? He’s fully innocent…!!! I hope they find the real young boy that caused this tragic, a teenager.. ” under age individual “

  4. KATHY SCHWALLER says:

    WOW THERE ARE OTHERS: THE WOMAN WHO GOT KILLED BY THE HOSPITAL AND EVERYONE KNEW WHO DID IT NO ARRESTS! THE BODY FOUND IN THE GARAGE LAST YEAR I THINK? THE GUY WHO JUST DIED AFTER BEING IN BOOTLEGGERS! I AM SURE A LOT MORE!

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