Mohama Baba

On February 15, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Mohama Samsoudina Baba Missing Person Mohama Samsoudina Baba Age at Report: 22 Date of Birth: September 19, 1983 Height: 68.0 to 72.0 inches Weight: 150 to 160 pounds Eye Color: Brown Hair Color: Black Race: Black/African American Missing From: Council Bluffs, IA Pottawattamie County Investigating Agency: Council Bluffs Police Department Local Case # 05-055443 NamUs MP […]

Nelson Alvarez-Hernandez

On February 15, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Nelson “Selena” Alvarez-Hernandez Homicide — SOLVED Nelson “Selena” Alvarez-Hernandez 33 YOA 1613 S. 13th St., Apt. 1 Council Bluffs, IA Pottawattamie County Case # 03-004354 July 31, 2003   LATEST UPDATES Council Bluffs man gets life without parole in 2003 slaying Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014 | Omaha.com James Cain Harris of Council Bluffs will spend […]

John Adams Jr.

On February 15, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Pottawattamie County in Iowa   Council Bluffs in Pottawattamie County John P. Adams, Jr. Homicide John P. Adams, Jr. 23 YOA 2400 block of West Broadway Sreet Council Bluffs, IA Pottawattamie County Investigating Agency: Council Bluffs Police Department Case # G82-1088 July 11, 1982   Case information provided by the Council Bluffs Police Department John […]

Lee Rotatori

On February 15, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Lee Gunsalus Rotatori Homicide — SOLVED Lee Gunsalus Rotatori 32 YOA Best Western Frontier Motor Lodge 2216 27th Avenue, Rm #106 Council Bluffs, IA Pottawattamie County Case Number: F82-2558 June 25, 1982 Case Cleared: Feb. 25, 2022 Perpetrator: Thomas O. Freeman of West Frankfort, Ill. Freeman was killed four months after authorities allege he killed […]

Linda Mayfield

On February 15, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Linda Mayfield Homicide Linda Mayfield 21 YOA 3320 West Broadway Council Bluffs, IA Pottawattamie County Case Number: D82-0713 April 9, 1982     Pottawattamie County in Iowa   Council Bluffs in Pottawattamie County   On April 9, 1982 at 2:18 a.m., officers were called to the Starlite Motel at 3320 West Broadway in Council Bluffs, […]

Judith Pleas

On February 3, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Courtesy Council Bluffs Police Department Judith Kaylene Pleas Judith Kaylene Pleas Homicide Judith Kaylene Pleas 17 YOA Council Bluffs, IA Pottawattamie County Case Number: MP-73-226 Reported Missing: August 10, 1973 Body Found: October 14, 1973   Case Summary added by Jody Ewing   Judith Kaylene Pleas, 17, was reported missing to the Council Bluffs Police […]

Edward Hickson

On February 3, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Pottawattamie County in Iowa   Council Bluffs in Pottawattamie County Edward Leroy Hickson Homicide Edward Leroy Hickson 32 YOA Case # B78-1173 1500 block of So. 6th St. Council Bluffs, IA Pottawattamie County February 15, 1978   Case summary by Jody Ewing   On February 15, 1978 at 4:14 a.m., Council Bluffs Police Department officers […]

Dung Kim Truong

On February 2, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Dung Kim Truong Homicide Dung Kim Truong 37 YOA female Case # 97-12883 Residence: Omaha, Neb. Last Seen Alive: September 22, 1997, leaving Ameristar Riverboat Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa Body Found: November 27, 1997, at Washta Access in Washta, Iowa in Ida County Estimated Date of Death: September 22, 1997   Case information provided […]

John Stephens and Paul Rayer

On January 30, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Paul J. Rayer John L. Stephens John L. Stephens and Paul J. Rayer Double Homicide John L. Stephens, 32 Paul J. Rayer, 51 Case # 67-01188 “Club 64” Restaurant Council Bluffs, Iowa Pottawattamie County December 5, 1967   Recent Updates Dec. 21, 2015: “Nearly 50 years later, Council Bluffs family still searching for answers in […]

Kimberly Ratliff: No Second Chances

On January 12, 2011, in Anniversaries, Young Women, by Jody Ewing

School had never come that easy to Kimberly Ratliff of Council Bluffs, Iowa, but she’d worked hard to keep up her grades in order to graduate. And, she’d done it — the first in her family to do so. Her post-graduation days, however, came with their own set of challenges, and somehow she found herself […]