Winneshiek County in Iowa

Cold Cases in Winneshiek County, Iowa

Unidentified Body:
Description: White male, 33-36 years of age, 5’6″ to 5’9″, 145 – 160 lbs., brown hair, medium build
Details: Skeletal remains found 03/31/86 between hay bales at a farm site in Winneshiek County, Iowa
Clothing: Plaid white-tan-black pile-lined jacket, medium white-tan short sleeve terry cloth shirt, blue cords with 33″ waist, black socks, extra-large blue windbreaker and brown shoes
Estimated date of death: April 1985

Missing Person/Declared Dead
Harold Orville Doerring
Age at Report: 66
DOB: March 14, 1930
Weight: 200 lbs.
Height: 5’11″
Race: White
Hair: Brown/gray balding
Eyes: Blue
Incident Type: Disability – physical / mental
RootsWeb ID: I037422
Reported Missing in Decorah, IA, Winneshiek County
Death Listed in Henry County, south of Mount Pleasant
Missing Since: February 16, 1997

Sixty-six-year-old Harold Doerring was reported missing to the Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office in Decorah, Iowa, on February 16, 1997. Authorities found Harold Doerring’s truck abandoned on Highway 218 south of Mount Pleasant in Henry County on February 23, 1997. When they tried to contact him about the vehicle but could not find him, they discovered no one had seen Doerring since February 16 in Cedar Falls.