Decatur County in Iowa

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Ryan Fulkerson

Ryan Fulkerson’s last profile picture on his Facebook page. (Courtesy Facebook)

Homicide
Ryan Fulkerson
26 YOA
Decatur City
Decatur County
Body Found in Ditch: Sunday, May 11, 2014
Date of Death: Friday, May 16, 2014

Ryan Fulkerson, a 26-year-old father of twin girls, was severely beaten, shot in the head and then dumped in a rural Decatur County ditch and left for dead on Sunday, May 11, 2014. A farmer discovered the unconscious body around 10 a.m. Sunday morning in a ditch just north of Decatur City.

Fulkerson was taken to the Decatur County Hospital and then transferred to Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, where he remained in a coma until his death on May 16, 2014. Decatur officials and the Iowa DCI have ruled Fulkerson’s death a homicide.

2 Responses to Decatur County

  1. Tammy Fulkerson says:

    We are coming up on 10 years since Ryan has been gone and still no answers. Someone knows who the guilty are, we need answers.

  2. Tammy Fulkerson says:

    We meed justice for Ryan.

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