About Gone Cold Gone Cold: Exploring Iowa’s Unsolved Murders is a collaborative partnership with the COLD: EXPLORING IOWA’S UNSOLVED MURDERS (The N’West Iowa Review) August 2, 2015: Cold Case: The unsolved Murder of Linda Mayfield (Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil) August 2, 2015: 40 years after ‘Waverly Stranglings,’ a renewed search for answers: UNSOLVED MURDER OF […]
Jorge L. “George” [or “Louie”] Gutierrez, Sr. Homicide Jorge “Louie” Gutierrez, Sr. 47 YOA 3400 block of South Concorde St. Davenport, IA Scott County October 19, 2004 Jorge L. “George” [or “Louie”] Gutierrez, Sr., of East Moline, Ill., was found wrapped in a sleeping bag in the bed of his maroon 1983 Chevrolet pickup truck […]
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 […]
Elgin Hobert Strait (Courtesy Ancestry.com) Elgin Hobert Strait Homicide Elgin H. Strait 80 YOA 1302 S. Hampshire Ave. Mason City, Iowa Cerro Gordo County Case # 77-00254 March 18, 1977 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing On March 18, 1977, Elgin Hobert Strait, an 80-year-old widower who lived alone, was found shot to death in […]
Cerro Gordo County in Iowa Mason City in Cerro Gordo County Dillon James Luna Homicide Dillon James Luna 15 days old 1429 N. Federal Ave. Mason City, IA Cerro Gordo County April 30, 1992 Case summary compiled by Jody Ewing Dillon Luna, the 15-day-old son of Joseph and Christine Luna, was found dead of smoke […]
Gerald E. Best Homicide Gerald E. Best 50 YOA 4 N. Madison Ave. Mason City, IA Cerro Gordo County December 30, 1999 25 Years: The unsolved murder of Gerald Best Gerald Best was only 17 when he was shipped out to Vietnam and served in the Army for the 173rd Airborne. While he was in […]
Rhonda Anette Knutson Homicide Rhonda Anette Knutson 22 YOA Phillips 66 Convenience Store U.S. Highway 63 Williamstown / New Hampton, IA Chickasaw County (Jurisdiction) DCI Case Number: 92-07040 September 7, 1992 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Early on Monday, September 7, 1992, Rhonda Anette Knutson was murdered while working the 9 p.m. to 5 […]
Courtesy photo Joanna Hatzis Andrew “Andy” Hatges Andrew “Andy” Hatges Homicide Andrew Hatges 75 YOA 108 Virginia Ave. SE Mason City, IA Cerro Gordo County March 8, 1968 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Andrew “Andy” Hatges, 75, owner of the former West Vu Market located at 2601 Fourth St. S.W. in Mason City, was […]
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