Cold Cases in Westgate, Iowa Homicide Ashley Downing 77 YOA Westgate, IA Fayette County (jurisdiction) January 4, 1933 Ashley Downing, a 77-year-old Iowa farmer, was killed by a shotgun blast to the head in his rural Westgate home in Fayette County, Iowa, on January 4, 1933, in what officials called […]
Ashley Downing Homicide Ashley Downing 77 YOA Westgate, Iowa Fayette County January 4, 1933 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Barely a year after his wife’s death, Ashley Downing, a 77-year-old chicken farmer, was shot and killed Wednesday, Jan. 4, 1933, inside his rural Westgate home. Downing lived alone on a 240-acre farm about eight […]
Nels Pedersen Louvring Homicide Nels Pedersen Louvring 51 YOA 315 Water Street Fayette, IA Fayette County July 29, 1933 Sometime between 11 and 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 29, 1933, Nels Pedersen Louvring, 51, was shot at his Fayette, Iowa home shortly after arriving home from work. Louvring, owner of Dixie Oil Co. (aka […]
Cold Cases in Fayette County, Iowa *Please Note: The cases listed below are within Fayette 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 Ashley Downing 77 YOA Westgate, IA Fayette County January 4, […]
The Cases – Homicides (1930 – 1939) BY ERA: Up through 1899 | 1900s | 1910s | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000 – present | Missing Persons The cases below include unsolved Iowa homicides from 1930 – 1939, and are listed in chronological […]
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