Courtesy photo William Johnson Emma Sophia Carlson Lewis Emma Sophia Lewis Homicide Emma Sophia Lewis 80 YOA Waukee, Iowa Dallas County DCI Case # 76-00804 September 13, 1976 Emma Lewis was found dead in her Waukee, Iowa home on Monday, September 13, 1976. The 80-year-old Lewis had died from blows suffered during a severe […]
Elgin Hobert Strait (Courtesy Ancestry.com) Elgin Hobert Strait Homicide Elgin H. Strait 80 YOA 1302 S. Hampshire Ave. Mason City, Iowa Cerro Gordo County Case # 77-00254 March 18, 1977 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing On March 18, 1977, Elgin Hobert Strait, an 80-year-old widower who lived alone, was found shot to death […]
Clara E. Schiele Homicide Clara Elizabeth Catherine Schiele 90 YOA 1416 Main Street Davenport, IA Scott County Case # 78-57093 August 3, 1978 Clara Elizabeth Schiele, 90, was mugged and pushed down while climbing the front steps to her Davenport home at 1416 Main Street on Thursday, August 3, 1978. According to […]
Mamie Sime Homicide Mamie Sime 74 YOA Broad Street-extended Rolfe, IA Pocahontas County DCI Case # 81-01956 March 31, 1981 Case summary compiled by Jody Ewing Shortly after 4 a.m. on Tuesday, March 31, 1981, a fire broke out in the home of Mamie Sime on the outskirts of Rolfe, Iowa. Firemen answered the […]
Helen Jean (Braunger) Kelly Missing, Presumed Deceased Helen J. Kelly 83 YOA DOB: 8/26/21 White female Missing From: 3646 Court Street Sioux City, IA Woodbury County Agency: Sioux City Police Department Case Number: SCPD 14-18463 NamUs MP # 17050 Missing Since: May 18, 2005 Case Summary by Jody Ewing Eighty-three-year-old Helen Kelly kept […]
Myrtle Zelda Cumpston Homicide Myrtle Zelda (Dickerson) Cumpston 60 YOA C & K Aqualand Redfield, IA Dallas County DCI Case # 65-00401 March 9, 1965 Myrtle Zelda Cumpston, 60, was shot and killed in the display area of her rural Dallas County business — C & K Aqualand, Incorporated — on Tuesday, March […]
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, […]
Polk County in Iowa Des Moines in Polk County Lois Arlene Bradley Homicide Lois Arlene Bradley 74 YOA Argonne Apartments 1729 Grand Ave. #204 Des Moines, IA Polk County Case # 1991-27537 Body Found: June 29, 1991 Coroner’s Est. Date of Death: June 27, 1991 Social Security Administration official Date of Death: June 15, […]
Courtesy Sioux City Police Department Betty Swetnam, 74, suffered a brutal and violet death in this west-side Sioux City, Iowa home. The elderly woman operated a massage business out of her basement. Elizabeth Jane “Betty” Swetnam Homicide Betty J. Swetnam 73 YOA 1610 West 19th St. Sioux City, Iowa Woodbury County December 31, 1993 Betty […]
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