Murder Conviction in Jade Colvin Disappearance

On September 5, 2025, in Arrests, Missing Persons, Murder Trials, Solved, by Jody Ewing

From the Office of Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird (with photos added) September 4, 2025 Attorney General Bird Secures Conviction in Winneshiek County Murder Case DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced that her office secured a 2nd degree murder conviction against James Bachmurski, Sr., in the death of 15-year-old Jade Colvin. On March 30, […]

Willis Hughes Memorial Fund Established

On May 2, 2014, in News, Solved, The Families, by Jody Ewing

We at Iowa Cold Cases would like to extend our deepest condolences to the family of Willis J. Hughes. Mr. Hughes, 45, was last seen in Davenport on December 21, 2013. His body was recovered from the Mississippi River on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. On Wednesday, April 30, Muscatine County Chief Deputy C.J. Ryan confirmed a […]