Martha Kistenmacher

On February 10, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Martha Kistenmacher Homicide Martha Kistenmacher 74 YOA 1308-1/2 Main Street Davenport, IA Scott County Assaulted: November 4, 1978 Died: November 16, 1978   Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Martha Kistenmacher, a 74-year-old lifelong Davenport, Iowa, resident, died Thursday, Nov. 16, 1978, nearly two weeks after being mugged outside her 1308-1/2 Main St. home. Kistenmacher […]

Clara Schiele

On February 1, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Clara E. Schiele Homicide Clara Elizabeth Catherine Schiele 90 YOA 1416 Main Street Davenport, IA Scott County Case # 78-57093 August 3, 1978       Clara Elizabeth Schiele, 90, was mugged and pushed down while climbing the front steps to her Davenport home at 1416 Main Street on Thursday, August 3, 1978. According to […]

KeyOntrae Miles

On January 18, 2011, in , by Jody Ewing

Scott County in Iowa   Davenport in Scott County KeyOntrae Miles Homicide KeyOntrae Miles 2 months old 318 Western Ave. Davenport, IA Scott County January 22, 1994   KeyOntrae Miles died at his Davenport, Iowa, home the day he turned two months old. He was the son of Melanie Miles, 318 Western Ave., Davenport, and […]

Lucile Bacher

On December 18, 2010, in , by Jody Ewing

Lucile Lenore Bacher Homicide Lucile Lenore Bacher 43 YOA Lincoln Avenue Pharmacy SE corner of S. Lincoln Ave. & Redwood Ave. Davenport, IA Scott County November 29, 1955           Note: Many thanks to Bill Weichman for providing the recent dry cleaning shop and drugstore photos for use on the Iowa Cold […]

Margaret Treese

On December 18, 2010, in , by Jody Ewing

Scott County in Iowa   Davenport in Scott County Margaret Beatrice Treese Homicide Margaret B. (Martin) Treese “The Tattoo Murder Case” 34 YOA Credit Island Park Davenport, IA Scott County September 30, 1947   Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing On Tuesday morning, September 30, 1947, two men on their way to work at Credit […]

Christy Connor

On December 16, 2010, in , by Jody Ewing

Christy Joseph Connor Homicide Christy Joseph “Chris” Connor 19 YOA 215 E. Central Park Ave. Davenport, IA Scott County Case # 2005-24862 July 24, 2005   Case summary compiled by Jody Ewing   On Sunday, July 24, 2005, Christy Joseph “Chris” Connor was discovered in the trunk of a gray Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme parked in […]

Ronald Lipsius

On December 15, 2010, in , by Jody Ewing

Ronald F. Lipsius Homicide Ronald F. Lipsius 30 YOA 812 S. Summit St. Iowa City, IA Johnson County May 16, 1966     Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing   Ronald F. Lipsius, a 30-year-old Iowa City grocer, was shot to death on Monday, May 16, 1966 as he chased a woman bandit who’d just […]

Davenport

On November 8, 2010, in , by Jody Ewing

Cold Cases in Davenport, Iowa         Homicide Charles Englehart 70 YOA 700 block of Main Street Davenport, IA Scott County September 22, 1935 Charles Englehart was struck twice in the head with a blunt object by an unknown assailant on Sunday evening, September 22, 1935, as the 70-year-old tried to exit his […]