Joyce Ann Jefferson Homicide Joyce Ann Jefferson 23 YOA 1700 block of Black Hawk Road Waterloo, IA Black Hawk County Reported Missing: Thursday, Sept. 29, 1983 Body Found: Saturday, Oct. 8, 1983 Joyce Ann Jefferson, a 23-year-old mother of three young children, was reported missing from Waterloo, Iowa, on Sept. 29, 1983. Her badly […]
Henry William Chavis Homicide Henry William Chavis 55 YOA Highway 69 One mile south of Ames, IA Story County (jurisdiction) November 8, 1948 Henry Chavis, 55, lived in a four-bedroom farm house on a 300-acre farm near current-day South Duff Avenue and Airport Road outside Ames, Iowa. He was found dead outside his […]
Becky Simpson Lawless Hit-and-Run Homicide Becky Simpson Lawless 59 YOA Washington St. and W. Mullan Ave. Waterloo, IA (jurisdiction) Black Hawk County April 9, 2012 Becky Simpson Lawless, 59, of Waterloo, was apparently walking home from a tavern in the early morning hours on Monday, April 9, 2012, when she was struck by a […]
Kerry Connolly Iowa Cold Cases Co-Administrator Kerry Anderson Connolly grew up in a law enforcement household and learned firsthand that solving crimes isn’t always as easy as it appears. Her father spent 30 years as a police officer, retiring as Bloomfield, Iowa’s Chief of Police in 2004. Her interest in cold cases started as a child, […]
Cold Cases in New Hampton, Iowa Homicide Rhonda A. Knutson 22 YOA Phillips 66 Convenience Store U.S. Highway 63 New Hampton, IA Chickasaw County (Jurisdiction) DCI Case Number: 92-07040 September 7, 1992 Rhonda Knutson, 22, was bludgeoned to death in the early morning hours on Monday, Sept. 7, 1992, while working the overnight […]
Cartha “Jack” Pearson Homicide Cartha “Jack” Pearson 26 YOA Alley between 100 block of Sumner and Cottage streets; 200 block of Linn Street Waterloo, IA Black Hawk County July 29, 1993 Cartha “Jack” Pearson, 26, of 714 South View Drive in Waterloo, Iowa, was found dead in his car Thursday, July 29, 1993, from […]
Diane Burge Courbat Homicide Diane Burge Courbat 34 YOA Cedar River Exchange Park parking lot Waterloo, Iowa Black Hawk County Crime Date: Tuesday August 3, 1993 Date of Death: Friday, August 6, 1993 Information Provided by Cedar Valley Crime Stoppers Diane Courbat, 34, was shot in the head in the early morning hours […]
The youngest was just 23 years old — the oldest, 44. The three deaths spanned nearly three decades, but all had one thing in common; the victims lost their lives on this same June day. Janet LaFratte, 35, was reported missing to the Warren County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday, June 20, 1973. Janet’s husband, Frank […]
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Courtesy Sioux City Schools Manuel Ramirez Manuel Ramirez Homicide Manuel Ramirez 6 YOA 1417 Virginia St. Sioux City, IA Woodbury County March 7, 2011 On Monday night, March 7, 2011, Sioux City police responded to a 911 call from 1417 Virginia Street, where they found 6-year-old Manuel Ramirez dead in the bathtub. Officers […]
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