Sarah Ann Ottens Homicide — Guilty Verdict Overturned Sarah Ann Ottens 20 YOA University of Iowa Campus Rienow Hall, Room 429 Iowa City, IA Johnson County Case # 73-00179 March 13, 1973 Original Case Information provided by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Cold Case Unit; additional case information provided by local news media […]
Courtesy photo Cedar Rapids Gazette Moravia native Ramona Jean Cox in an undated photo. Ramona Jean Cox Homicide Ramona Jean Cox 24 YOA 1526 Woodland Avenue Des Moines, IA Polk County Case # 62-00508 April 22, 1962 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Ramona Jean Cox, 24, was found dead in her first-floor […]
John Joseph Snyder Jr. HOMICIDE: Suspect Acquitted at Trial VICTIM: John J. Snyder Jr. AGE: 20 months old THE CRIME: First-degree Murder WHEN: July 20, 1994 WHERE: Taken from 10 S. Adams Ave., Apt. 1, Mason City in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa — child found dead in nearby Willow Creek the following day […]
Melisa Lynn Gregory and Steven Joseph Fisher Double Homicide Arrest Made / Jury Trial / Suspect Acquitted This case is officially “cleared” with investigators, but they will review any new leads that point to a different suspect. Melisa Gregory, 17 Steven Fisher, 20 Copper Dollar Ranch Newton, IA Jasper County Case # 83-1119 March 3, 1983 […]
In part two of her series, KCRG TV-9’s Ashley Hinson spoke with law enforcement from all around eastern Iowa and went inside the DCI laboratories in Ankeny, where they conduct DNA analysis, look at fingerprints and break down bullets — all in the name of trying to solve cases gone cold. This piece aired on […]
As I continue adding and updating pages on the Iowa Cold Cases website, I’m constantly amazed at the number of young women killed either on their way to work or after leaving work, and sometimes, even while still on the job. And while victimology studies and reports often help profilers and investigators track down offenders, […]
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