David Leon Redowl Sr. Homicide David Leon Redowl Sr. 27 YOA 610 West Third Street Sioux City, Iowa Woodbury County April 26, 1997 At approximately 2:00 a.m. on April 26, 1997, 27-year-old David Redowl and his 24-year-old sister, Sonja, had a physical altercation in the back yard of their mother’s residence at 610 West […]
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 […]
Linda Mayfield Homicide Linda Mayfield 21 YOA 3320 West Broadway Council Bluffs, IA Pottawattamie County Case Number: D82-0713 April 9, 1982 Pottawattamie County in Iowa Council Bluffs in Pottawattamie County On April 9, 1982 at 2:18 a.m., officers were called to the Starlite Motel at 3320 West Broadway in Council Bluffs, […]
Tammy Zywicki (Courtesy Iowa City Press-Citizen) Tammy Jo Zywicki Homicide Tammy Jo Zywicki 21 YOA DOB: March 13, 1971 Grinnell, Iowa college student Poweshiek County Departed Evanston, Ill., Aug. 23, 1992, to return to Iowa Car broke down on I-80 near LaSalle, Illinois Body found September 1, 1992, in Lawrence County, Missouri Case Jurisdiction: Illinois […]
Courtesy photo Laurie Rhiner Martha “Marty” Erickson Martha “Marty” D. Erickson Homicide Martha “Marty” Diane Erickson 47 YOA DCI Case # 95-13479 Avon Lake Avon, IA Polk County November 21, 1995 Case Summary by Jody Ewing On Tuesday evening, November 21, 1995 — just over one day before Thanksgiving — Martha “Marty” Erickson, 47, was murdered […]
Mamie Sime Homicide Mamie Sime 74 YOA Broad Street-extended Rolfe, IA Pocahontas County DCI Case # 81-01956 March 31, 1981 Case summary compiled by Jody Ewing Shortly after 4 a.m. on Tuesday, March 31, 1981, a fire broke out in the home of Mamie Sime on the outskirts of Rolfe, Iowa. Firemen answered the […]
Julie Bell Davis Homicide Julie Bell Davis 33 YOA 613 E. 2nd Des Moines, IA Polk County Case # 1997-37722 August 28, 1997 Case summary by Jody Ewing On Thursday evening, August 28, 1997, Julie Davis, a 33-year-old Cedar Rapids, Iowa mother of two, was found brutally murdered inside Skyline Display’s satellite office on East […]
Linn County in Iowa Cedar Rapids in Linn County Charles Rufus Gearhart Homicide Charles “Charlie” Rufus Gearhart 89 YOA 422 First Street SW Cedar Rapids, IA Linn County May 13, 1970 Charles Rufus Gearhart, an 89-year-old Rock Island Railroad retiree, was stabbed to death in his Cedar Rapids apartment on Wednesday, May 13, […]
Brian Lee Schappert Homicide — CLOSED Brian Lee Schappert 22 YOA Kum & Go Convenience Store 2743 Mount Vernon Rd. SE Cedar Rapids, Iowa Linn County Case Number: 92-08179 September 8, 1989 UPDATE: Cold case murder of Cedar Rapids man 30 years ago closed by police Two men police believe killed 22-year-old Brian Schappert are […]
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