Douglas James “DJ” Shondel II Undetermined (Suspicious Death) Douglas James Shondel II 21 YOA 100 N. 16th St. Fairfield, Iowa Jefferson County Cause of Death: Blunt Force Trauma to Head and Broken Neck Sunday, March 11, 2001 Many things don’t add up in 21-year-old Douglas James Shondel II’s mysterious March 2001 death. Jefferson County […]
Cold Cases in the News — 2015 Archives Current News | 2020 Archives | 2019 Archives | 2018 Archives | 2017 Archives | 2016 Archives | 2015 Archives | 2014 Archives | 2013 Archives | 2012 Archives | 2011 Archives | 2010 Archives | 2009 Archives | 2008 and Earlier Archives GONE COLD: EXPLORING IOWA’S […]
Today’s guest blog post is written by Julie Loose, sister of Iowa cold case victim Kim Loose, with additional comments from some of Kim’s other siblings. Kim, one of 10 siblings with nine still living at home in Blue Grass, Iowa, was just 16 when she died Sept. 26, 1986 from multiple injuries after leaving a friend’s […]
Mary Ann Scovel Homicide Mary Ann Scovel 18 YOA 661 Seventeenth St. Des Moines, IA Polk County Wednesday, April 14, 1976 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Mary Ann Scovel, 18, was strangled in her Des Moines apartment Wednesday night, April 14, 1976. Investigators said Terry Lee “Butch” Lively, 26, who […]
Cold Cases in Montpelier, Iowa Undetermined Craig Allen Petersen 20 YOA Mississippi River Montpelier, Iowa Muscatine County September 28, 1986 Craig Allen Petersen, 20, of Blue Grass, Iowa, died Sept. 28, 1986 — just over one day after a female teen died in the company of Petersen’s best friend, Jeffery Curtis Daily, […]
Cold Cases in Elgin, Iowa Homicide Layne Edward Schneider 22 YOA Echo Road and 180th Street Elgin, Iowa Fayette County January 22, 2013 Layne Edward Schneider, 22, of Elgin, Iowa, was found burning in another individual’s pickup about one and one-half miles from his home early morning Tuesday, Jan. 22, […]
Layne Edward Schneider Homicide Layne Edward Schneider 22 YOA Echo Road and 180th Street Elgin, Iowa Fayette County January 22, 2013 Family Establishes “Justice for Layne Schneider” Go Fund Me account Layne Schneider’s family members have established a “Justice for Layne Schneider” page on the fundraising site, GoFundMe.com, in efforts […]
Cold Cases in Dexter, Iowa Suspicious Death Gregg Andrew Nimmo 44 YOA Beaver Lake Campground Dexter, IA Dallas County Date of Crime: August 28, 2011 Date of Death: August 30, 2011 Gregg Andrew Nimmo, 44, of Adel, Iowa, was found with severe head injuries on a gravel road in Dexter on […]
Gregg Andrew Nimmo Homicide Gregg Andrew Nimmo 44 YOA Beaver Lake Campground Dexter, IA Dallas County (jurisdiction) Date of Crime: August 28, 2011 Date of Death: August 30, 2011 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Gregg Andrew Nimmo, 44, of Adel, Iowa, was found with severe head injuries on a gravel road in Dexter, Iowa, […]
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