Humboldt in Humboldt County

Humboldt in Humboldt County

Humboldt County in Iowa

Humboldt County in Iowa

Cold Cases in Humboldt, Iowa

 

 

 

Homicide
Douglas Alan Nielsen
17 YOA
1409 Elmhurst Ave.
Humboldt, IA
Humboldt County
Case # 74-00512
October 18, 1974

In the early morning hours on Friday, October 18, 1974, Douglas A. Nielsen was shot and killed during a house party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Garrison in Humboldt, Iowa. Nielsen, 17, was shot in the kidney area of the lower back with a .22-caliber firearm. His body was found at approximately 1 a.m. in the Garrison’s basement game room, where investigators said they also seized several other weapons.

 

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