Cold Cases in Blakesburg, Iowa Undetermined Robert Lee Ruby 54 YOA Bidwell Coal Mine Blakesburg, IA Wapello County January 11, 1936 Robert Ruby, a 54-year-old Blakesburg miner, fell 87 feet to his death on Saturday, January 11, 1936, down the shaft of the Bidwell Fuel Co. mine on the Henry Oswalt […]
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 […]
Cold Cases in Wapello County, Iowa *Please Note: The cases listed below are within Wapello County but may fall under a city police department’s jurisdiction. They are included here for cross-reference purposes. More specific information may be found on each victim’s individual page. Homicide James Lewis Chamberlain 41 YOA Beneath Wabash Railroad Trestle Ottumwa, […]
Twenty-six years ago today, 20-year-old Justin Hook, Jr.‘s body was found outside near his burned-out mobile home in rural Drakesville in southeast Iowa. Hook had been killed by blows to the head. When police went to tell Hook’s mother — Sarah Link, 41, of Farmington — about her son’s death, they were unable to locate […]
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