About Gone Cold Gone Cold: Exploring Iowa’s Unsolved Murders is a collaborative partnership with the Iowa Newspaper Association and Iowa news organizations to revisit some of the most brutal and mystifying homicides in state history. The weekly series will feature a number of the state’s 438 unsolved murders, with articles published simultaneously across the state in […]
Lisa Ann Vander Esch Homicide Lisa Ann Vander Esch 19 YOA Ireton, Iowa Sioux County Tuesday, September 14, 1982 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Her favorite color: red. Favorite car: the Chevy Camaro. Favorite television program: MASH. Lisa Vander Esch, 19, had barely started building her list of life’s favorite things when she […]
Lee Gunsalus Rotatori Homicide — SOLVED Lee Gunsalus Rotatori 32 YOA Best Western Frontier Motor Lodge 2216 27th Avenue, Rm #106 Council Bluffs, IA Pottawattamie County Case Number: F82-2558 June 25, 1982 Case Cleared: Feb. 25, 2022 Perpetrator: Thomas O. Freeman of West Frankfort, Ill. Freeman was killed four months after authorities allege he killed […]
Robert “Corey” Poffenberger Homicide Robert “Corey” Poffenberger 30 YOA 2211 East 37th St. Des Moines, IA Polk County Case # 2003-42059 October 24, 2003 Case summary by Jody Ewing Photos Courtesy Cindy Poffenberger Robert “Corey” Poffenberger was shot and killed early Friday morning October 24, 2003, in the driveway of his 2211 East […]
Courtesy photo William T. Veach Patricia “Trish” Veach, Christmas 1968 Patricia Ann Veach Homicide Patricia Ann Veach 8 YOA 805 S.W. Lally St. Des Moines, IA Polk County Case # 69-12925 July 10, 1969 Case summary by Jody Ewing On Thursday morning, July 10, 1969, 8-year-old Patricia Ann Veach was found dead in […]
Kenny Joe Johnson Homicide Kenny Joe Johnson 14 YOA Maus Park, Dubuque, IA Dubuque County (Home Residence: New Liberty, IA) Investigating Agency: Dubuque Police Department Case No. 87-21572 DCI Case No. 8705013 October 10, 1987 The following case summary has been compiled using information provided by the Dubuque Police Department and from the Dubuque […]
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