Lowell Stumo

On February 24, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Lowell Thomas Stumo Homicide Lowell Thomas Stumo 48 YOA Northwood, IA Worth County (jurisdiction) DCI Case # 97-13243 Sunday, December 7, 1997   Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing   Lowell Stumo, 48, a former U.S. Army Sgt. who served in Vietnam, was shot to death sometime on Sunday, December 7, 1997, near his farmhouse […]

Leo Smith

On February 24, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Woodbury County in Iowa   Correctionville in Woodbury County Leo Joseph Smith Homicide Leo Joseph Smith 56 YOA Correctionville, IA Woodbury County DCI Case # 69-00525 April 10, 1969   Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Early Thursday, April 10, 1969, Iowa Highway Patrol officers discovered the body of 56-year-old Leo Joseph Smith — a […]

Timothy Earney

On February 24, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Timothy Charles Earney Homicide Timothy Charles Earney 29 YOA Case # 84-00561 322 N. Eighth St. Albia, IA Monroe County February 2, 1984   Timothy C. Earney, 29, was found dead in his 322 N. Eighth St. Albia home on Thursday, Feb. 2, 1984, by his live-in girlfriend, Dorothy Lee Kempf, 45. Monroe County in […]

Mary Jayne Jones

On February 23, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

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 […]

Janet LaFratte

On February 23, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Janet A. LaFratte Homicide Janet LaFratte 35 YOA Norwalk, Iowa Warren County  DCI Case # 73-00272 June 20, 1973   Janet LaFratte, 35, was reported missing to the Warren County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday, June 20, 1973. LaFratte’s husband, Frank LaFratte, placed the call at 5:30 p.m. and stated his wife was missing from their […]

William Meadows

On February 23, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

William Lawrence Meadows Homicide William Lawrence Meadows 36 YOA Hartmann Packing Plant Plainfield, IA Bremer County DCI Case # 61-00280 January 23, 1961 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Town Marshal William Lawrence Meadows, 36, was shot and killed on Monday, January 23, 1961, while investigating a burglary in progress at the Hartmann Packing Plant […]

Roscoe Harris

On February 23, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Guthrie County in Iowa   Casey in Guthrie County Roscoe Donnel Harris Homicide Roscoe D. Harris 46 YOA Rural Route Casey, Iowa Guthrie County DCI Case # 63-00639 July 6, 1963     On July 6, 1963, 46-year-old Roscoe Donnel Harris was shot in the left chest with a single shot .22 caliber rifle. When […]

Robert Clary

On February 23, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Robert M. Clary Homicide Robert M. Clary 48 YOA 419 1/2 14th Avenue S. Clinton, IA (Jurisdiction) Clinton County DCI Case # 82-05190 September 29, 1982 Case information provided by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and Clinton Police Department   Robert M. Clary, 48, was shot in the chest at his Clinton, Iowa, mobile […]

Lloyd Patrick

On February 23, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Mahaska County in Iowa   Oskaloosa in Mahaska County Lloyd John Patrick Homicide Lloyd John Patrick 85 YOA DCI Case # 82-05758 Rural Route 5 Oskaloosa, IA Mahaska County October 27, 1982   On Wednesday, Oct. 27, 1982, retired Oskaloosa farmer Lloyd John Patrick, 85, was murdered in his rural Mahaska County home before someone […]

Susan Kersten

On February 23, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

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. […]