Wapello County in Iowa Ottumwa in Wapello County John Robert Hill Homicide John Robert Hill 51 YOA Ottumwa Launderette East Main Street Ottumwa, IA Wapello County DCI Case # 76-00925 November 22, 1976 Case summary compiled by Jody Ewing On Monday, November 22, 1976, at approximately 5:06 a.m., two young men found John Robert […]
Cold Cases in Ottumwa, Iowa Homicide James Lewis Chamberlain 41 YOA Beneath Wabash Railroad Trestle Ottumwa, Iowa Wapello County May 25, 1893 On Thursday, May 25, 1893, James Chamberlain, a carpenter who lived on Ottumwa’s south side, was struck by a blow to the head and found lying in mud and […]
It’s been 34 years since two young men found John Robert Hill, 51, lying face down in a small room at the Ottumwa Launderette Hill owned and operated on East Main Street in Ottumwa. Authorities said Hill had been stabbed 21 times and also had been shot. A .25-caliber pistol was on the floor near Hill’s […]
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