Clarke County in Iowa
Please Note: Some of these cases may be under a city police department’s jurisdiction. They are listed here for cross-reference purposes. Please see the individual case summary pages for jurisdictional contact information.
George R. Keller
Homicide
George R. Keller
61 YOA
Rural Route 34
Clarke County
Case # 81-05701
September 28, 1981
George Raymond Keller, a 61-year-old World War II veteran, was found dead in his rural Clarke County home on Tuesday, September 29, 1981. Keller had been living alone in his garage since a house fire destroyed his home a few years earlier. He died from more than one gunshot wound to the head.
Chris Axiotis
Undetermined
Christopher George “Chris” Axiotis
16 YOA
Q Pond Park
Osceola, Iowa
Clarke County
November 16, 1999
Christopher “Chris” Axiotis, 16, was found dead in Q Pond Park in Osceola on Tuesday, November 16, 1999. Friends and family members believe he was injected with cocaine at a home where he’d been staying, and then dumped in the park to freeze to death after he apparently overdosed.
Cecil Gaddy
Homicide
Cecil Travis Gaddy
19 YOA
Osceola, IA
Clarke County
January 31, 2004
Cecil Travis Gaddy, a wheelchair-bound 19-year-old, was killed in a fire at his Osceola home on January 31, 2004. Gaddy’s body was found inside the home, though his wheelchair was discovered outside the home.
Bill Douglas, Sr.
Missing Person
William LeRoy Douglas, Sr.
Age at Report: 63
Missing From: Woodburn, IA
Clarke County, IA
Missing Since: February 4, 2004
William LeRoy Douglas Sr. of rural Woodburn, Iowa, was reported missing to the Clarke County Sheriff’s Office in Osceola on February 11, 2004, after family members realized he had not been seen since Wednesday, February 4.
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