Neal Townsend

On June 2, 2016, in , by Jody Ewing

Neal Robert Townsend Homicide Neal Robert Townsend Age: 29 Lifelong Anamosa, Iowa, resident (Jones County) Died at Alola Apartments Lava Hot Springs, Idaho Bannock County, Idaho Investigating Agency: Bannock County Sheriff’s Office End of Watch: Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1975   Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing   Note: Though Neal Townsend died in Lava Hot […]

Virgil Untied

On April 21, 2016, in , by Jody Ewing

Virgil Paul Untied Homicide Virgil P. Untied, Town Marshal 33 YOA Outside Shaw Grocery Store Minburn, Iowa Dallas County Crime Date: July 23, 1931 End of Watch: July 27, 1931   Town Marshal Virgil Untied was shot five times Thursday, July 23, 1931, by three assailants in Minburn, Iowa, who were looting a local grocery […]

Thomas Adkins

On December 17, 2015, in , by Jody Ewing

Courtesy photo Kaylea Adkins Thomas DeWayne Adkins Thomas DeWayne Adkins Manner of Death Undetermined (Likely Homicide) Thomas DeWayne “Ernie” Adkins 29 YOA Home Residence: Fairfield, Jefferson County Crime Area: Van Buren Wildlife Area Douds, Iowa Van Buren County Jurisdiction: Van Buren County September 14, 1985   There has never been a question as to who […]

Douds

On December 8, 2015, in , by Jody Ewing

Cold Cases in Douds, Iowa         Undetermined / Likely Homicide Thomas DeWayne Adkins 29 YOA Van Buren Wildlife Area Douds, Iowa Van Buren County September 14, 1985 Thomas DeWayne “Ernie” Adkins, a 29-year-old foundry worker from Fairfield, Iowa, was shot in the head at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, 1985, by his […]

Randy Dawson

On October 22, 2015, in , by Jody Ewing

Randy Scott Dawson Homicide Randall “Randy” Scott Dawson 52 YOA 302 E. 10th St. Waterloo, Iowa Black Hawk County December 24, 2014   Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing   Randall “Randy” Scott Dawson, 52, was shot multiple times at his Waterloo home on Christmas Eve, 2014. Waterloo police said officers and paramedics responded to […]

Westgate

On August 21, 2015, in , by Jody Ewing

Cold Cases in Westgate, Iowa           Homicide Ashley Downing 77 YOA Westgate, IA Fayette County (jurisdiction) January 4, 1933 Ashley Downing, a 77-year-old Iowa farmer, was killed by a shotgun blast to the head in his rural Westgate home in Fayette County, Iowa, on January 4, 1933, in what officials called […]

Ashley Downing

On August 21, 2015, in , by Jody Ewing

Ashley Downing Homicide Ashley Downing 77 YOA Westgate, Iowa Fayette County January 4, 1933 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Barely a year after his wife’s death, Ashley Downing, a 77-year-old chicken farmer, was shot and killed Wednesday, Jan. 4, 1933, inside his rural Westgate home. Downing lived alone on a 240-acre farm about eight […]

Miguel Vasquez

On June 30, 2015, in , by Jody Ewing

Polk County in Iowa   Des Moines in Polk County Miguel Vasquez Homicide Miguel Vasquez 19 YOA 1172 19th St. Des Moines, IA Polk County Investigating Agency: Des Moines Police Department Case Number: 05-16833 May 8, 2005   Courtesy Des Moines Police Department Nineteen-year-old Miguel Vasquez was shot to death in the early morning hours […]

Dariusz Szczeponek

On June 19, 2015, in , by Jody Ewing

Dariusz “Darek” Szczeponek Homicide Dariusz “Darek” Szczeponek 25 YOA Annie’s Launderette 819 Sycamore St. Waterloo, IA Black Hawk County Investigating Agency: Waterloo Police Department September 29, 1993   Information provided by Brice Lippert, Waterloo Police Department Black Hawk County in Iowa   Waterloo in Black Hawk County Dariusz “Darek” Szczeponek, a 25-year-old University of Northern […]

Eric Redinbo

On May 16, 2015, in , by Jody Ewing

Eric Scott Redinbo Suspicious Death Eric Scott Redinbo 18 YOA Keokuk, Iowa Lee County February 12, 1999   Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Eric Scott Redinbo, 18, died Friday night, February 12, 1999, from a single blast to the head from a 12-gauge shotgun at a Keokuk, Iowa home. Officers said they were called […]