Clarke County in Iowa

Clarke County in Iowa

Cold Cases in Clarke County, 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

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

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

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

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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