Mary Jayne Jones Homicide — SOLVED Mary Jayne Jones 17 YOA Blakesburg, IA / Ottumwa, IA Wapello County Case Number: 74-00243 April 9, 1974 Mary Jayne Jones, 17, of Ottumwa, Iowa, was found slain in a farmhouse near Blakesburg, Iowa, on Tuesday, April 9, 1974. She had been sexually assaulted and shot once in […]
Susan Pearl Kersten Homicide ARREST MADE IN 20-YEAR-OLD HOMICIDE Suspect Enters Alford Plea The Victim: Susan Pearl (Bollinger) Kersten 38 YOA Iowa City, Iowa Johnson County Case Number: 95-11388 September 24, 1995 LATEST UPDATES “A twisted form of justice” with Alford Plea Friday, Feb. 17, 2017 — Steven J. […]
Triple Homicide SOLVED Justin Alfred Hook, Jr., 20 Sarah Lee Link, 41 Tina Marie Lade, 19 Drakesville, IA (Davis County) Eldon, IA (Wapello County) Case # 84-01854 April 13, 1984 UPDATE: DNA Links Executed Convict to 1984 Triple Murder OTTUMWA, Iowa — In a news conference held Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 at the Wapello […]
Terri McCauley (Courtesy photo Sioux City Police Department) Terri McCauley SIOUX CITY COLD CASES Teen’s Murder: More Questions than Answers By Jody Ewing July 15, 2004 Early Sunday, Sept. 25, 1983 It is a typical Sunday morning in the Warner-McCauley household, a duplex located at 1501 Pierce St. and shared by 18-year-old Terri McCauley, her […]
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 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, […]
Courtesy photo Lisbon High School Yearbook Marlene “Mickey” Padfield as a Junior at Lisbon High School. Marlene Ruth Padfield Homicide Marlene Ruth “Mickey” Padfield 17 YOA Hometown: Lisbon, IA Went Missing from: Cedar Rapids, IA Linn County Investigating Agency: Linn County Sheriff’s Office Date Reported Missing: Feb. 19, 1959 Body Found: April 29, 1959 […]
TRIPLE HOMICIDE SIOUX CITY COLD CASES Horror of triple murder lingers 30 years later May 20, 2004 | The Weekender By Jody Ewing A snowy haze covered the city the morning of Dec. 3, 1974, as Harriet Isom and her […]
Boyd George Novinger Homicide Boyd George Novinger 77 YOA Bedford, IA Taylor County DCI Case # 97-13903 December 27, 1997 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Boyd George Novinger, 77, was killed in his Bedford, Iowa home on Saturday, December 27, 1997. Novinger’s son-in-law and business partner, H. Keith Taylor, was first on scene […]
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