Cold Cases in La Motte, Iowa Hit-and-Run Homicide Scott M. Althoff 23 YOA 300th Street West of La Motte, Iowa Jackson County Sunday, July 21, 2002 Scott M. Althoff, 23, was killed in a hit-and-run homicide west of La Motte near Zwingle, Iowa, on July 21, 2002. Althoff, who lived in Eldridge […]
Cold Cases in Hopkinton, Iowa Hit-and-Run Homicide Matthew Adam Carter 21 YOA Jones-Delaware Rd. Hopkinton, Iowa Delaware County July 9, 2006 Matthew Adam Carter, 21, was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in the early morning hours on Sunday, July 9, 2006, while walking home from a camping outing with […]
Scott County in Iowa Davenport in Scott County Kevin R. Jack Homicide Kevin R. Jack 21 YOA 5700 block of North Pine St. Davenport, IA Scott County June 15, 2002 Kevin Richard Jack, a pit crew member of the Andy Cook stock car racing team, died in a hit-and-run motor vehicle fatality in […]
Courtesy Sioux City Journal Anthony “Tony” Lee Evans Anthony Lee Evans Hit-and-Run Homicide Anthony “Tony” Lee Evans 5 YOA 1016 21st Street Sioux City, IA Woodbury County June 20, 2000 Five-year-old Anthony Evans was struck by a hit-and-run driver in the 1000 block of 21st street in Sioux City, Iowa, on June 20, 2000. […]
Becky Simpson Lawless Hit-and-Run Homicide Becky Simpson Lawless 59 YOA Washington St. and W. Mullan Ave. Waterloo, IA (jurisdiction) Black Hawk County April 9, 2012 Becky Simpson Lawless, 59, of Waterloo, was apparently walking home from a tavern in the early morning hours on Monday, April 9, 2012, when she was struck by a […]
(This piece was published in the Des Moines Register on October 18, 2011.) The funding for the Iowa Cold Case Unit, established with a $500,000 National Institute of Justice grant and $194,000 federal Community Oriented Policing Service grant, is due to expire in November, and with it my hopes that the unit would be given […]
Monona County in Iowa Mapleton in Monona County George Earl Dean, Jr. Homicide George Earl Dean, Jr. 55 YOA Mapleton, IA Monona County Case # 66-00722 June 29, 1966 Case summary by Jody Ewing On Wednesday evening, June 29, 1966, George Earl Dean, Jr. was found deceased in the street in front […]
My only sister, Valerie Peterson, was killed 39 years ago today on a Thursday afternoon. She was just 8 years old. We had been late that morning — in a rush out of the car for school with no foreshadowing of the terrible events that would happen that afternoon. No goodbyes or looks backward. The […]
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