Ronald Eugene Westwick Missing Person NAME: Ronald Eugene Westwick AGE AT REPORT: 34 DOB: October 26, 1944 WEIGHT: 240 lbs. HEIGHT: 6’02” HAIR: Grey EYES: Brown INCIDENT TYPE: Mental/physical disability MISSING FROM: Ames, IA Story County AGENCY CASE NUMBER: 79-1262 NCIC NUMBER: M-200841490 NAMUS NUMBER: 24306 MISSING SINCE: March 12, 1979 The following […]
Cold Cases in Colo, IA Homicide Sheila Jean Collins 18 YOA Case # 68-00287 ISU Student Last seen in Ames, IA Body found near Colo, IA Story County January 26, 1968 On Friday, January 26, 1968, 18-year-old ISU coed Sheila Jean Collins accepted a ride to her hometown from a […]
Story County in Iowa Ames in Story County James Wesley Morris Homicide James W. “Jimmy” Morris (a.k.a. “Jimmy Morise”) 58 YOA 203 E. Lincoln Way Ames, IA Story County October 27, 1991 Four days before Halloween in 1991, James Wesley “Jimmy” Morris — a.k.a. James Morise and Jimmy Morise — was found beaten […]
Chad James Schwab Open Case with Iowa DCI Chad James Schwab 30 YOA Southbound I-35 Rest Area Story County, IA Investigating Agency: Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation August 10, 2004 Case summary by Jody Ewing On August 10, 2004, a white male’s badly decomposed body was discovered several hundred yards behind the Southbound Interstate 35 […]
Courtesy photo Cedar Rapids Gazette Sheila Jean Collins Sheila Jean Collins Homicide Sheila Jean Collins 18 YOA Iowa State University Student Home Residence: Evanston, Ill. Last seen in Ames, IA Found in Rural Colo, IA Story County (jurisdiction) Case # 68-00287 Last Seen Alive: January 26, 1968 Body Found: January 28, 1968 Case Summary […]
Cold Cases in Nevada, Iowa Homicide: Sheila Jean Collins 18 YOA Case # 68-00287 Near Nevada, Iowa Story County (jurisdiction) January 26, 1968 On Sunday, January 28, 1968, Sheila Jean Collins, 18, of Evanston, Ill., was found lying face-down in a ditch off a gravel road four miles east of Nevada, […]
Cold Cases in Ames, Iowa Note: Some of these cases may fall under the jurisdiction of the Story County Sheriff’s Office. They are listed here for cross-reference purposes. Please see the individual case summary pages for more information on how to contact the appropriate law enforcement agencies for each case. […]
Cold Cases in Story County *Please Note: The cases listed below are within Story 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. Homicide Henry William Chavis 55 YOA Highway 69 Ames, IA Story County (jurisdiction) November […]
Iowa Cold Cases is pleased to introduce our first intern, Rebecca Russell. Rebecca earned her Criminal Justice diploma at Iowa Central Community College and currently attends Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) in Ankeny as well as Grand View University in Des Moines, where she plans to major in Criminology. Following graduation, her goal is […]
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