Wapello County

Wapello County in Iowa

Ottumwa, IA

Ottumwa in Wapello County

Cold Cases in Ottumwa, Iowa

 

 

 

 

Homicide
James Lewis Chamberlain
41 YOA
Beneath Wabash Railroad Trestle
Ottumwa, Iowa
Wapello County
May 25, 1893

On Thursday, May 25, 1893, James Chamberlain, a carpenter who lived on Ottumwa’s south side, was struck by a blow to the head and found lying in mud and water beneath the Wabash Railroad trestle in the city’s old Richmond section. He died four days later on May 29.


Billy Lee Clark

Billy Lee Clark

Homicide
Billy Lee Clark
43 YOA
Ottumwa, IA
Wapello County
August 1, 1975

Sometime on Friday, August 1, 1975, Billy Lee Clark of Ottumwa, Iowa, was shot in the back in a rural Wapello County pasture. The 43-year-old’s body, found lying next to his pick-up truck, was discovered the following day at approximately 2:23 p.m. on a farm owned by Martin Bergland, about seven miles west of Ottumwa on Route 4.


Homicide
John Robert Hill
51 YOA
Ottumwa, IA
Wapello County
Case # 76-00925
November 22, 1976

On Monday, November 22, 1976, two young men found John Robert Hill, 51, lying face down at the Ottumwa Launderette that Hill owned and operated. Hill was stabbed 21 times and shot.


Francis Jordon

Francis Jordon

Homicide
Francis F. Jordon, Sr.
42 YOA
Ottumwa, IA
Wapello County
July 12, 1978

In the early morning hours on Wednesday, July 12, 1978, Francis Jordon was killed after two men knocked on his door saying they had car trouble and needed help. Jordon’s son later found his father’s body thrown over the bank beside the Des Moines River out across Cliffland Park. The 42-year-old Jordon had been brutally beaten to death.

2 Responses to Ottumwa

  1. Miss congeniality says:

    Wasant Mike Flowers a suspect in the hill murder didn’t they find him wearing the Mr hills ring?

  2. Dylan Oldenburger says:

    I think these men were murdered by the same person and because I can tell by themselves right now

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