Cold Cases in Danville, Iowa Homicide Mary Bernice Lange 37 YOA Burlington, IA (Des Moines County) Case # 70-01291 December 17, 1970 Mary Bernice Lange — engaged in a bitter divorce with her husband Marvin — was found dead nine miles west of Burlington on December 17, 1970. The 37-year-old mother […]
Cold Cases in Williamstown, Iowa Homicide Rhonda A. Knutson 22 YOA Phillips 66 Convenience Store U.S. Highway 63 Williamstown / New Hampton, IA Chickasaw County (Jurisdiction) DCI Case Number: 92-07040 September 7, 1992 Rhonda Knutson, 22, was bludgeoned to death in the early morning hours on Monday, Sept. 7, 1992, while working […]
Intro by Iowa Cold Cases Courtesy photo Becky McCuddin Lisa McCuddin with her son Davontrez and daughter Markasia in early 2004. Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014 will mark a sorrowful milestone anniversary for one North Central Iowa family. It will represent 10 years since Lisa McCuddin — just four days shy of her 24th birthday — was shot […]
Catherine “Cathy” Ann Stickley Homicide — Suspect Acquitted in 2013 by Story County jury, Now Indicted in U.S. District Court Catherine Ann (Boyle) Stickley 54 YOA 1500 block alley between Second and Third avenues SE Cedar Rapids, IA Linn County Date of Death: April 29, 2011 UPDATE – Feds pursue justice despite Story County […]
Joyce Ann Jefferson Homicide Joyce Ann Jefferson 23 YOA 1700 block of Black Hawk Road Waterloo, IA Black Hawk County Reported Missing: Thursday, Sept. 29, 1983 Body Found: Saturday, Oct. 8, 1983 Joyce Ann Jefferson, a 23-year-old mother of three young children, was reported missing from Waterloo, Iowa, on Sept. 29, 1983. Her badly […]
Cold Cases in Sidney, Iowa Homicide Rev. Kevin Lane Morse 44 YOA Missouri River Levee Nebraska City Bridge Sidney, IA Fremont County (jurisdiction) June 20, 2002 Kevin Lane Morse, a 44-year-old minister, was shot on Thursday, June 20, 2002, while fishing along the banks on the Missouri River in Fremont County, […]
Henry William Chavis Homicide Henry William Chavis 55 YOA Highway 69 One mile south of Ames, IA Story County (jurisdiction) November 8, 1948 Henry Chavis, 55, lived in a four-bedroom farm house on a 300-acre farm near current-day South Duff Avenue and Airport Road outside Ames, Iowa. He was found dead outside his […]
Courtesy photo siouxcityhistory.org The Reverend George C. Haddock Rev. George C. Haddock Homicide Reverend George C. Haddock 56 YOA Corner of 3rd and Water streets Sioux City, IA Woodbury County August 3, 1886 Just after 10 p.m. on August 3, 1886, prohibitionist preacher George Haddock of Sioux City, Iowa, was shot as he left […]
The youngest was just 23 years old — the oldest, 44. The three deaths spanned nearly three decades, but all had one thing in common; the victims lost their lives on this same June day. Janet LaFratte, 35, was reported missing to the Warren County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday, June 20, 1973. Janet’s husband, Frank […]
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