Double Homicide Darnell Lee, 26 and Jason A. Smith, 30 Darnell Lee, 26, and Jason A. Smith, 30 1800 block of Easton Blvd. Des Moines, Iowa Polk County Investigating Agency: Des Moines Police Department June 17, 2017 Darnell Lee, 26, and Jason A. Smith, 30, were killed in a shooting in the 1800 […]
Trey Leon Lee Homicide — Man Charged, Pleads to Lesser Charges Trey Leon Lee 24 YOA 1200 block of 15th Place near Evelyn Davis Park Des Moines, Iowa March 17, 2017 Trey Leon Lee, 24, was fatally shot on Friday, March 17, 2017, in the 1200 block of 15th Place near Evelyn Davis Park […]
Rick Lynne Davis Suicide or Homicide? Rick Lynne Davis 36 YOA Oskaloosa, Iowa Mahaska County July 20, 1986 Rick Lynne Davis, 36, died July 20, 1986, at his Oskaloosa residence from a gunshot wound to the head. Police ruled the death a suicide, but while reviewing police and autopsy records, […]
Ron Novak’s unsolved 1983 murder was one of more than 50 cases featured by the Iowa Newspaper Association and participating newspapers across the state. The past, present, and future are inexorably linked, and nowhere has that been more clear than in the last year during our partnership with the Iowa Newspaper Association (INA) and its […]
Cold Cases in the News — 2015 Archives Current News | 2020 Archives | 2019 Archives | 2018 Archives | 2017 Archives | 2016 Archives | 2015 Archives | 2014 Archives | 2013 Archives | 2012 Archives | 2011 Archives | 2010 Archives | 2009 Archives | 2008 and Earlier Archives GONE COLD: EXPLORING IOWA’S […]
In Casablanca, Rick says to Louie, “I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.” This week, I’m grateful to see the beginnings of a beautiful partnership that first took root in April and produced its first blooms Sunday. The Iowa Newspaper Association (INA) and Iowa Cold Cases (ICC) have partnered for a new weekly project […]
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