Keara Coshow

On July 10, 2016, in , by Jody Ewing

Keara Lee Coshow Homicide Name: Keara Lee Coshow Age: 3 years, 10 months Crime Location: Hill Top Motel 1303 Summit St. Red Oak, Iowa Montgomery County Case #: 79-07361 Date of Death: July 12, 1979 Cause of Death: Neurogenic shock / burns to entire body   Case Summary credits: Janet Franson, Sandra Coshow, Bernadette Coshow, […]

Josh Yoder

On February 23, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Joshua Martin Yoder Hit-and-Run Homicide Joshua Martin Yoder 4 YOA 500 block of South 9th St. Clinton, IA Clinton County May 3, 2005   Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing   On May 3, 2005, 4-year-old Josh Yoder was struck by a hit-and-run driver in the 500 block of South 9th Street in Clinton, Iowa. […]

Iowa’s Murdered Children, No Voice, No Choice

On June 9, 2010, in Anniversaries, The Families, by Jody Ewing

Today marks 22 years since 7-1/2-month-old Amber Marie Hayes of Muscatine, Iowa, was decapitated, dismembered, and her remains strewn in a remote area near Lake Odessa. Two boys riding all-terrain vehicles discovered the infant’s body, her pink diaper bag and blanket four days later. The lake area, just south of Muscatine, is located about one-half […]