Erin Pospisil

On January 29, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Erin Pospisil Erin Kay Pospisil Missing Person / Suspected Homicide NAME: Erin Kay Pospisil AGE AT REPORT: 15 YOA DOB: April 14, 1986 SEX: Female RACE: White WEIGHT: 130 lbs. HEIGHT: 5’03” HAIR: Brown EYES: Brown   CLASSIFICATION: Endangered/Missing MISSING FROM: Cedar Rapids, IA Linn County JURISDICTION: Local INVESTIGATING AGENCY: Cedar Rapids Police Department CASE […]

Charles Gearhart

On January 28, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Linn County in Iowa   Cedar Rapids in Linn County Charles Rufus Gearhart Homicide Charles “Charlie” Rufus Gearhart 89 YOA 422 First Street SW Cedar Rapids, IA Linn County May 13, 1970   Charles Rufus Gearhart, an 89-year-old Rock Island Railroad retiree, was stabbed to death in his Cedar Rapids apartment on Wednesday, May 13, […]

Rose Burkert and Roger Atkison

On January 24, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Rose Z. Burkert and Roger E. Atkison   Double Homicide                   Rose Z. Burkert, 22 Roger E. Atkison, 32 DCI Case # 80-06274 Amana Holiday Inn Room 260 Williamsburg, Iowa Iowa County September 12, 1980 Iowa’s Unsolved: Hotel murders still haunt Amana community, 40 years later Sept. […]

Edward Kriz

On January 21, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Courtesy The Gazette Edward J. Kriz Edward J. Kriz Homicide Edward J. Kriz 43 YOA Hamburg Inn No. 2 214 North Linn Street Iowa City, IA Johnson County November 10, 1962   Edward Kriz, 43 — a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Army — was shot outside the Hamburg Inn No. […]

Amos Jellison

On January 21, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Benton County in Iowa   Blairstown in Benton County Amos Wesley Jellison Homicide Amos Wesley Jellison 74 YOA 306 Prospect St. NE Blairstown, IA Benton County DCI Case Number: 81-04503 August 2, 1981   Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing   Amos Jellison, a 74-year-old former railroad employee, was bludgeoned to death in his Blairstown, […]

Pamela Hinrichs

On January 3, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Pamela Rae Hinrichs Homicide Pamela Rae Hinrichs 19 YOA AMVETS Post No. 28 1317 S. 17th St. Clinton, IA Clinton County Case # 81-00259 January 13, 1981   Pamela Rae Hinrichs, 19, was shot during an apparent robbery of the AMVETS Post No. 28 at 1317 S. 17th Street in Clinton, Iowa, in the early […]

Willard Woodring and Richard Buchanan

On December 16, 2010, in , by Jody Ewing

Double Homicide Willard Charles Woodring, 42 Richard G. Buchanan, 49 Hawkeye Hotel 100 Johnson Keokuk, Iowa Lee County DCI Case # 60-00902 October 9, 1960   Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Willard C. Woodring, the 42-year-old owner of the former Hawkeye Hotel in Keokuk, Iowa, and Richard G. Buchanan, 42, of Colona, Illinois, were […]

Frances Bloomfield

On December 15, 2010, in , by Jody Ewing

Frances Bloomfield Homicide — ARREST MADE, SUSPECT DIES BEFORE TRIAL Frances Bloomfield 57 YOA 38 Wakefield Court Iowa City, IA Johnson County Reported Missing: Sept. 22, 1997 Est. Date of Death: Sept. 20, 1997     LATEST UPDATE Bloomfield murder charge dismissed after November death Dec. 10, 2014 — Prosecutors have formally closed the case […]

Traci Evenson

On December 15, 2010, in , by Jody Ewing

Traci Ann Evenson Homicide Traci Ann Evenson 22 YOA 438-1/2 Ninth Ave. SW Cedar Rapids, IA Linn County June 21, 1997   Case summary compiled by Jody Ewing   Traci Ann Evenson, 22, was beaten and suffocated in her Cedar Rapids, Iowa, apartment on Saturday night, June 21, 1997. Evenson’s sister, Jodi Lynn Jackson, discovered […]