Cold Cases in the News — 2019 Archives UPDATE: $7K reward offered in fatal shooting of Cedar Falls woman April 29, 2019 | by Jeff Reinitz, wcfcourier.com WATERLOO – Police are seeking the public’s help as they investigate the death of a former University of Northern Iowa softball player who was killed when she was […]
Maureen Brubaker Farley Homicide — SOLVED Maureen Ann Brubaker Farley 17 YOA Ely Road SW Cedar Rapids, IA Linn County Approx. Date of Death: September 21, 1971 Case Solved/Closed: October 5, 2021 Suspect: George M. Smith, who died in 2013, identified through DNA UPDATE Cedar Rapids police close 1971 cold case of Maureen Brubaker-Farley Fifty […]
Linn County in Iowa Cedar Rapids in Linn County Charles Rufus Gearhart Homicide Charles “Charlie” Rufus Gearhart 89 YOA 422 First Street SW Cedar Rapids, IA Linn County May 13, 1970 Charles Rufus Gearhart, an 89-year-old Rock Island Railroad retiree, was stabbed to death in his Cedar Rapids apartment on Wednesday, May 13, […]
Brian Lee Schappert Homicide — CLOSED Brian Lee Schappert 22 YOA Kum & Go Convenience Store 2743 Mount Vernon Rd. SE Cedar Rapids, Iowa Linn County Case Number: 92-08179 September 8, 1989 UPDATE: Cold case murder of Cedar Rapids man 30 years ago closed by police Two men police believe killed 22-year-old Brian Schappert are […]
Lynn Louise (Tickner) Schuller Homicide (presumed murdered but body never found – legally declared dead) A short excerpt from Gazette writer Jeff Burnham’s March 19, 1992 story. More page downloads available below. Lynn Louise Schuller 25 YOA DOB: Dec. 5, 1946 3100 30th St. Dr. SE Cedar Rapids, IA Linn County Went Missing: August 6, […]
Paula Jean Oberbroeckling Homicide Paula Jean Oberbroeckling 18 YOA 116 10th St. N.W. Cedar Rapids, IA Linn County July 11, 1970 Paula Jean Oberbroeckling, 18, disappeared after leaving her 116 10th St. NW Cedar Rapids residence in the early morning hours on Saturday, July 11, 1970. Oberbroeckling — a recent Washington High School graduate who […]
Frederick Leonard Coste Homicide Frederick L. Coste 47 YOA 312 Second Avenue SE Cedar Rapids, IA Linn County October 15, 1959 UPDATE February 4, 2024 Cold case: Daughter of finance manager slain in 1959 in Cedar Rapids still hopes for answers: Investigator hopes to get answers after six decades, even if arrest isn’t made The […]
Jay and Jaymie Grahlman Double Homicide Jay Ernest Grahlman, 38 Jaymie Chantelle Grahlman, 6 3755 H Ave. NE Cedar Rapids, IA Linn County April 5, 2003 A special thanks to Jaymie’s mother, Shannon Salmons, for providing all the photos included here. Case Summary by Jody Ewing Jay Grahlman, 38, and his 6-year-old daughter, Jaymie, died […]
Cold Cases in the News 25-year-old cold case of Iowa woman’s death stirs lingering questions, draws $10K reward for information July 21, 2021 | by Eric Ferkenhoff, Des Moines Register There is no question that something terrible happened to Laura Van Wyhe 25 years ago when the Iowa City woman’s body was found alongside a […]
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