Knoxville in Marion County

Marion County

Cold Cases in Knoxville, Iowa

Donald Murphy

Homicide
Donald John Murphy
YOA: 39
Went Missing from Knoxville, Iowa
Marion County
Date Reported Missing: July 20, 1984
Body Found in Polk County, Nov. 1984

On Friday, July 20, 1984, Donald Murphy was reported missing from a Knoxville hospital. In November hunters found his skeletal remains in northern Polk County just a few days prior to what would have been Murphy’s 40th birthday.