La Motte in Jackson County

Cold Cases in La Motte, Iowa

Hit-and-Run Homicide
Scott M. Althoff
23 YOA
300th Street
West of La Motte, Iowa
Jackson County
Sunday, July 21, 2002

Scott M. Althoff, 23, was killed in a hit-and-run homicide west of La Motte near Zwingle, Iowa, on July 21, 2002. Althoff, who lived in Eldridge but grew up in La Motte, was walking on 300th Street near Zwingle when an unidentified vehicle struck him and then drove away. A passerby found Althoff’s body early Sunday morning, July 21, 2002.