Jackson County in Iowa

Jackson County in Iowa

Cold Cases in Jackson County, IA

*Please Note: The cases listed below are within Jackson County but may fall under a city police department’s jurisdiction. They are included here for cross-reference purposes. More specific information may be found on each victim’s individual page.

 

Hulda Fischer

Homicide:
Hulda Emma Fischer
84 YOA
Case # 75-00175
Maquoketa, IA
Jackson County
February 25, 1975

On February 25, 1975, Hulda Fischer, 84, was stabbed to death with a butcher knife in her Maquoketa, Iowa, home. Neighbors discovered her body when they went to check on her.


Hit-and-Run Homicide
Scott M. Althoff
23 YOA
300th Street
West of La Motte, Iowa
Jackson County
Sunday, July 21, 2002

Scott M. Althoff, 23, was killed in a hit-and-run homicide west of La Motte near Zwingle, Iowa, on July 21, 2002. Althoff, who lived in Eldridge but grew up in La Motte, was walking on 300th Street near Zwingle when an unidentified vehicle struck him and then drove away. A passerby found Althoff’s body early Sunday morning, July 21, 2002.


Kevin Griebel

Missing Person
Kevin Lee Griebel
Age at Report: 36
Date of Birth: December 15, 1967
Missing From: Jackson County, IA (Maquoketa)
Missing Since: February 26, 2004

Kevin Griebel was last seen in Maquoketa, Iowa, and reported missing to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office on February 26, 2004. Griebel is described as a 6-foot-8 white male weighing about 235 pounds. He has brown hair and hazel eyes.


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