About Gone Cold Gone Cold: Exploring Iowa’s Unsolved Murders is a collaborative partnership with the Iowa Newspaper Association and Iowa news organizations to revisit some of the most brutal and mystifying homicides in state history. The weekly series will feature a number of the state’s 438 unsolved murders, with articles published simultaneously across the state in […]
Courtesy photo Daniel Morse Rev. Kevin Lane Morse Rev. Kevin Lane Morse Homicide Rev. Kevin Lane Morse 44 YOA Missouri River Levee Nebraska City Bridge Fremont County, IA June 20, 2002 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Kevin Lane Morse, a 44-year-old minister, was shot on Thursday, June 20, 2002, while fishing along […]
Keeping cold cases from being forgotten 7:50 PM, May 11, 2012 Written by Josh O’Leary Iowa City Press-Citizen When Jody Ewing first began writing about Iowa’s unsolved murders, people would ask if she had a personal connection to a cold case that sparked her interest. Until 2007, the answer was always no. On Aug. 28 of […]
Double Homicide Karen Ann Christensen, 27 Larry Gordon Wells, 25 Near Coralville Reservoir Coralville, IA Johnson County August 26, 1975 Case summary by Jody Ewing On Labor Day, September 1, 1975, two young motorcyclists discovered the charred bodies of two persons inside a scorched pickup truck near the Coralville Reservoir in Johnson County, Iowa. The […]
John Albert Rose Homicide John Albert Rose 35 YOA Vinton, IA Benton County Case Number: 78-02418 April 21, 1978 Case information provided by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and Cedar Rapids Gazette Four days after his 35th birthday, John Albert Rose was shot in the head in Benton County, Iowa, while visiting […]
Ronald F. Lipsius Homicide Ronald F. Lipsius 30 YOA 812 S. Summit St. Iowa City, IA Johnson County May 16, 1966 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Ronald F. Lipsius, a 30-year-old Iowa City grocer, was shot to death on Monday, May 16, 1966 as he chased a woman bandit who’d just […]
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