Scott Tompkins

On February 25, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Scott M. Tompkins Homicide Scott M. Tompkins 23 YOA Park Ave. and Harrison St. intersection Muscatine, IA Muscatine County Case # 95-13656 November 29, 1995   Case summary by Jody Ewing   Scott M. Tompkins, 23, was shot by an assailant(s) on November 29, 1995, while stopped to fix his windshield wipers at the intersection […]

Floyd Alborn

On February 25, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Guthrie County in Iowa   Panora in Guthrie County Floyd William Alborn Homicide Floyd William Alborn 76 YOA Linden, IA in Dallas County Near Panora, IA in Guthrie County Case # 74-00550 November 8, 1974     Floyd William Alborn, a 76-year-old bachelor, was found shot to death in his rural Panora, Iowa, home on […]

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 […]

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 […]

Mariana Redrovan

On February 17, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Mariana Redrovan Homicide Mariana Redrovan (aka Mariana Redroban) 15 YOA DCI Case Number: 98-00744 Walnut Creek Inn West Des Moines, IA Polk County January 23, 1998 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing On Friday, January 23, 1998, Ecuadorian immigrant Mariana Redrovan, 15, was stabbed to death in a room at the West Des Moines Walnut […]

Gregory Dickey

On February 14, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Polk County in Iowa   Altoona in Polk County Gregory Neal Dickey Homicide Gregory Neal Dickey 23 YOA Interstate 80 eastbound on-ramp Altoona, IA Polk County Case # 75-00248 February 18, 1975 Case summary by Jody Ewing On February 18, 1975, Iowa State Trooper Charles Black discovered a 1966 green Ford van on Interstate 80 […]

William Freimuth

On February 4, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Webster County in Iowa   Fort Dodge in Webster County William Henry Freimuth Homicide William Henry Freimuth 71 YOA Fawkes Standard Service Station Highway 20 Fort Dodge, Iowa Webster County DCI Case # 61-00355 February 16, 1961   William H. Freimuth, a 71-year-old Fort Dodge service station attendant, was shot in the back of the […]

Bobbi Crawford

On January 23, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Courtesy photo WHO-TV Channel 13 A single mom, Bobbi Crawford raised her son and was just beginning to enjoy her new role as a grandmother. Roberta E. “Bobbi” Crawford Homicide Roberta E. “Bobbi” Crawford 53 YOA 2 Sixth Avenue NW Hampton, IA Franklin County November 17, 1999   Case summary by Jody Ewing and Aaron […]

Wilma June Nissen

On January 22, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Wilma June Nissen Homicide Wilma June Nissen 23 YOA Rock Rapids, Iowa Lyon County, Iowa Case Number: 78-06487 October 4, 1978   UPDATE Suspect sought in 1978 cold case murder of Wilma Nissen Lyon County Chief Deputy Jerry Birkey announced May 2, 2016, a major development in the 38-year-old cold case of Wilma June Nissen, […]

Sheila Collins

On January 4, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Courtesy photo Cedar Rapids Gazette Sheila Jean Collins Sheila Jean Collins Homicide Sheila Jean Collins 18 YOA Iowa State University Student Home Residence: Evanston, Ill. Last seen in Ames, IA Found in Rural Colo, IA Story County (jurisdiction) Case # 68-00287 Last Seen Alive: January 26, 1968 Body Found: January 28, 1968   Case Summary […]