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Red Oak, Iowa

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Keara Coshow

Keara Coshow

Homicide
Keara Lee Coshow
Age: 3
Hilltop Motel
1303 Summit Rd.
Red Oak, Iowa
Montgomery County
July 12, 1979

Keara Lee Coshow, 3 years old, was burned alive July 12, 1979, in the laundry room of the Hilltop Motel in Red Oak, Iowa, to cover up injuries her stepmother allegedly inflicted upon her the previous day.


Homicide
Evelyn Resh
87 YOA
400 E. Coolbaugh St.
Red Oak, Iowa
Montgomery County
September 16, 1997

Evelyn Resh, 87, died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 1997 after someone deliberately set fire to the 400 E. Coolbaugh St. Red Oak apartment house where she lived alone. Fire officials said the blaze had been set in two different locations within the structure, causing Resh’s death. She lived on the third floor and died of smoke inhalation.

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