Elizabeth Collins Elizabeth J. Collins, 8 and Lyric R. Cook-Morrisey, 10 Double Homicide Lyric Cook-Morrisey Elizabeth June Marie Collins, 8 Lyric Ray Lynn Cook-Morrissey, 10 Went missing from Meyers Lake: Friday, July 13, 2012, in Evansdale, Iowa, in Black Hawk County Bodies Found in Seven Bridges Wildlife Park […]
Fremont County in Iowa Riverton in Fremont County Melvin Price Homicide Melvin Price 26 YOA Iowa Highway 42 Riverton, IA Last seen alive leaving the VFW Club Hamburg, IA Fremont County November 17, 1974 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Around 4:30 a.m. early Sunday morning, November 17, 1974, a passing Farragut truck […]
Lisa Elaine Miller Cause of Death: Undetermined Lisa Elaine Miller 15 YOA Sullivan Slough Road Burlington, Iowa Des Moines County Last Seen Alive: October 7, 1977 Body Found: October 9, 1977 Est. Date of Death: October 8, 1977 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing On Sunday, Oct. 9, 1977, six days after her […]
Dennis Lee First — SOLVED Homicide Dennis Lee First 64 YOA Hawthorne Hills Apartments 2249 C St. SW, #5 Cedar Rapids, IA Linn County May 11, 2007 Arrest Made: March 1, 2023 Charged: Curtis Padgett, 42 UPDATE Curtis Padgett Murder Trial Concludes, Awaiting Judge’s Verdict Curtis Padgett — arrested March 1, 2023 and charged […]
Holly Rae Durben Homicide — SOLVED Holly Rae Durben 29 YOA 2492 Highway 59 Shenandoah, Iowa Fremont County July 18, 2009 Holly Durben’s Case Featured on Oxygen Network The Oxygen Crime News network featured Holly’s case June 6, 2020, in an episode titled “A Shot in the Dark.” The episode (Season 2, Episode […]
Aubrey Dwayne Young Homicide Aubrey Dwayne Young 35 YOA 200 blk. of 16th St. SE Near Redmond Park Cedar Rapids, IA Linn County June 15, 2008 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Linn County in Iowa Cedar Rapids in Linn County Aubrey Young, 35, was shot to death near Redmond Park in […]
Jackie Leigh Douthart Homicide Jackie Leigh Douthart 24 YOA Old Highway 34 Mount Pleasant, IA Henry County Went Missing: May 22, 2011 Body Found: March 17, 2012 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Jackie Leigh Douthart, the mother of a small child, was reported missing to the Mount Pleasant Police Department on May […]
Courtesy photo Tama News-Herald Cora Ann Okonski Cora Ann Okonski Homicide — SOLVED 17 Years After Okonski’s disappearance, her fiancé, Tait Purk, is charged, tried, and convicted of first-degree murder; Judge goes on to overturn jury’s verdict; Purk retried and found guilty of second-degree murder, sentenced to 50 years in prison. VICTIM: Cora Ann […]
George James Massouris Homicide George James Massouris 30 YOA Orchard Road near Highway 6 Council Bluffs, IA Pottawattamie County November 18, 1950 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing George James Massouris, a 30-year-old Union Pacific Railroad carman who worked part-time as a taxicab driver, was found dead in a ditch on the old Orchard […]
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