Pennye Watson Homicide Pennye Watson 18 YOA 1054 21st St. Des Moines, IA Polk County Case # 1983-32787 September 10, 1983 Pennye Watson, an 18-year-old Des Moines Technical High School student, was strangled and dumped along a street curb in the early morning hours on Saturday, September 10, 1983. Polk County in Iowa […]
Courtesy photo Kathryn L. Wallace Kathleen Violet Stith Kathleen V. “Kathy” Stith Homicide Kathleen V. “Kathy” Stith 47 YOA 966 E. 6th Avenue Des Moines, IA Polk County Case # 1994-7200 February 24, 1994 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Kathleen V. “Kathy” Stith, 47, was found dead Thursday evening, February 24, 1994, […]
Polk County in Iowa Des Moines in Polk County Pamela Carter Homicide Pamela Carter 24 YOA 2300 block of Euclid Avenue Des Moines River Bridge Des Moines, IA Polk County Case # 1990-32639 Reported Missing: July 10, 1990 Body Found: August 8, 1990 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Pamela Carter, 24, […]
Polk County in Iowa Altoona in Polk County Gregory Neal Dickey Homicide Gregory Neal Dickey 23 YOA Interstate 80 eastbound on-ramp Altoona, IA Polk County Case # 75-00248 February 18, 1975 Case summary by Jody Ewing On February 18, 1975, Iowa State Trooper Charles Black discovered a 1966 green Ford van on Interstate 80 […]
Courtesy photo Jackson Sentinel Hulda Emma Fischer Hulda Emma Fischer Homicide Hulda Emma Fischer 84 YOA DCI Case # 75-00175 418 North Fifth St. Maquoketa, IA Jackson County February 25, 1975 Case summary compiled by Jody Ewing On February 25, 1975, Hulda Fischer, 84, was stabbed repeatedly with a butcher knife and strangled in […]
Roger H. Warren Homicide Roger Herbert Warren 12 YOA Found in Mississippi River Davenport, IA Scott County Went Missing: Sunday, August 19, 1979 Body Found: Saturday, August 25, 1979 Case Summary compiled by Jody Ewing Twelve-year-old Roger Warren — the son of Herbert and Joyce Warren of Davenport — disappeared on Sunday, August 19, […]
Judith Haecker’s senior high school photo Judith Anne Haecker Homicide Judith Haecker 18 YOA 202 E. 15th St. Davenport, IA Scott County Case Number: 1971-10031 March 6, 1971 Case summary by Jody Ewing Judith Anne Haecker, an 18-year-old Palmer Junior College student, was found dead in her Davenport, Iowa, home on Sunday, March 7, […]
Diane Marie Schofield Homicide Diane Marie Schofield 21 YOA 2000 block of Southwest 20th and Porter Des Moines, IA Polk County Investigating Agency: Des Moines Police Department Case # 1975-24048 July 4, 1975 Case summary compiled by Jody Ewing On Thursday afternoon, July 10, 1975, a young woman’s badly decomposed body was found […]
Dorothy Ruth Coon Homicide Dorothy Ruth Coon 38 YOA 2017 61st St., Des Moines, IA Body found in rural Chariton, IA Lucas County Investigating Agency: Des Moines Police Department Case # 1960-10204 DCI Case # 60-07871 Disappeared: August 26, 1960 Body Found: August 29, 1960 Case summary by Jody Ewing On Monday evening, August 29, […]
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