Daniel Andersen

On January 8, 2012, in , by Jody Ewing

Black Hawk County in Iowa   Waterloo in Black Hawk County Daniel John Andersen Missing Person Name: Daniel John Andersen DOB: July 9, 1987 Age At Report: 4 Weight: 50 lbs. Height: 3’00” Race: White Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Sex: Male Incident Type: Child lost/wandered away Home Residence: Cedar Falls Missing From: Waterloo Black Hawk […]

Don’t Let Iowa’s Cold Case Unit Fade From Existence

On October 18, 2011, in Letters, by Eileen Meier

(This piece was published in the Des Moines Register on October 18, 2011.) The funding for the Iowa Cold Case Unit, established with a $500,000 National Institute of Justice grant and $194,000 federal Community Oriented Policing Service grant, is due to expire in November, and with it my hopes that the unit would be given […]

Baby Doe

On October 14, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Buena Vista County in Iowa   Storm Lake in Buena Vista County Baby Boy Doe Homicide Baby Doe Two days old 502 C West 8th Street Vista Estates Mobile Home Park Storm Lake, IA Buena Vista County Baby’s DOB: October 15, 1995 Body Found: October 17, 1995 Case summary compiled by Jody Ewing On Tuesday, […]

Bill and Kay Wood

On October 10, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Courtesy photo KCCI Channel 8 Des Moines Bill and Kaidena Wood, married just three years.   Bill and Kay Wood Homicide and Missing Person Case NAME: James William “Bill” Wood (Homicide) AGE: 79 CRIME LOCATION: 2698 Highway R-63 Norwalk, IA Warren County DCI CASE NUMBER: 2011-044536 CRIME DATE: July 30, 2011 NAME: Kaidena “Kay” Lozelle […]

Audrey Dill

On May 13, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Audrey Eileen (Watson) Dill Missing Person Name: Audrey Eileen (Watson) Dill DOB: April 8, 1946 Age at Report: 32 Weight: 110 lbs. Height: 5’03” Race: White Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue Sex: Female Incident Type: Involuntary disappearance Des Moines County Investigating Agency: Des Moines County Sheriff’s Office Reported Missing: August 18, 1978 Case Number: 78-10307 File […]

Debra Barajas

On May 11, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Debra Ann (Gutierrez) Barajas Homicide Debra Ann Barajas 44 YOA Disappeared from: Omaha, NE Date Went Missing: May 25, 2006 Remains found in 54300 block of 195th Street Pacific Junction, near Glenwood, IA Mills County, IA (jurisdiction) Case Number: 41099G Remains Found: November 14, 2006   Case Summary by Jody Ewing   Debra (Debbie) Ann […]

Brianne Smith

On May 11, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Brianne Smith Homicide Brianne (Flowers) Smith 25 YOA Disappeared from Omaha, NE Body found in roadside ditch Glenwood, IA Mills County Investigating Agency: Mills County Sheriff’s Office Went Missing from Omaha: April 2006 Remains Found in Mills County, IA: June 10, 2006   Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing   Brianne Smith, a 25-year-old mother […]

Mark Koster

On April 26, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Mark Edgar Koster Homicide — SOLVED Mark Edgar Koster 58 YOA 610 N. 5th St. Sac City, Iowa Sac County Went Missing: July 4, 2009 Declared Legally Dead: October 10, 2011 Remains Found: November 5, 2012         LATEST UPDATES Green sentenced to 50 years SAC CITY – John David Green was sentenced […]

Anna Medici

On April 22, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Anna Maria Medici Homicide Anna Maria Medici 21 YOA Highway 69 Carney, IA Crocker Township Polk County DCI Case # 62-01063 November 16, 1962   Case information provided by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation   On Friday, November 16, 1962, Anna Maria Medici was killed in a hit-and-run shortly after a co-worker dropped her […]

Ronette Peterson

On April 6, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Ronette Lynn (Peterson) Burton Homicide Jane Doe gets name after 19 years Ronette Lynn (Peterson) Burton 22 YOA DOB: July 14, 1963 Went Missing from: Madrid, IA Boone County Body found: May 7, 1986 in Lakeland, Florida Identified as Ronette Peterson in January 2005   Case summary compiled by Jody Ewing   Boone County in […]