Humboldt County in Iowa

Humboldt County in Iowa

Cold Cases in Humboldt County, Iowa

 

Homicide
Douglas Alan Nielsen
17 YOA
1409 Elmhurst Ave.
Humboldt, IA
Humboldt County
Case # 74-00512
October 18, 1974

In the early morning hours on Friday, October 18, 1974, Douglas A. Nielsen was shot and killed during a house party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Garrison in Humboldt, Iowa. Nielsen, 17, was shot in the kidney area of the lower back with a .22-caliber firearm. His body was found at approximately 1 a.m. in the Garrison’s basement game room, where investigators said they also seized several other weapons.

 

Pamela Shadle

Pamela Shadle

Pamela C. Shadle
48 YOA
201 4th St. S.
Dakota City, IA
Jurisdiction: Humboldt County
January 14, 2009

The Humboldt County Sheriff’s office found Pamela Shadle, 48, dead in her Dakota City, Iowa home on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 after receiving a call from Shadle’s roommate, Patrick McPherren. Shadle died from a single gunshot wound.

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